Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.
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The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. | Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. | LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. |
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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. | "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) | Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua. |