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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.

The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. 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. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	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.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.