Top depended upon modules
| Rank | Depended on count | Module |
| 1 | 2,230 | santoku by broma0 |
| 2 | 2,050 | LuaSocket by lunarmodules |
| 3 | 1,989 | lua-cjson by OpenResty |
| 4 | 1,639 | LuaFileSystem by hisham |
| 5 | 1,307 | lua-resty-http by pintsized |
| 6 | 1,074 | argparse by argparse |
| 7 | 992 | LPeg by gvvaughan |
| 8 | 968 | penlight by Tieske |
| 9 | 941 | plenary.nvim by Conni2461 |
| 10 | 869 | santoku-fs by broma0 |
| 11 | 796 | LuaSec by lunarmodules |
| 12 | 725 | dkjson by dhkolf |
| 13 | 659 | santoku-system by broma0 |
| 14 | 478 | lua-resty-jwt by cdbattags |
| 15 | 442 | santoku-template by broma0 |
| 16 | 437 | santoku-bundle by broma0 |
| 17 | 434 | nvim-nio by neotest |
| 18 | 422 | luaposix by gvvaughan |
| 19 | 408 | santoku-sqlite by broma0 |
| 20 | 390 | inspect by kikito |
| 21 | 382 | santoku-mustache by broma0 |
| 22 | 365 | Copas by Tieske |
| 23 | 347 | bit32 by siffiejoe |
| 24 | 325 | busted by lunarmodules |
| 25 | 319 | santoku-matrix by broma0 |
| 26 | 317 | ansicolors by kikito |
| 27 | 310 | neotest by neotest |
| 28 | 293 | lua-resty-cookie by utix |