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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.

Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. "Grim Fandango was the first game that shows Lua could not only be used to make a good game, but that it could be used to make some of the best games ever." (cited here; see also this) Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.


Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	"Grim Fandango was the first game that shows Lua could not only be used to make a good game, but that it could be used to make some of the best games ever." (cited here; see also this)	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.