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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.

Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, 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. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. "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)


Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, 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.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	"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)