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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. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with 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. 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. Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.


Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with 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.	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.	Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.