Showcase

Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.

Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

The widely used VLC media player is scriptable 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. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.


Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

The widely used VLC media player is scriptable 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.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.