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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. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

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. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. 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.


LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

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.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	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.