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Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.	Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.