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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.

LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.

Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.


LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.

Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.