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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.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, 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. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. Corona is a free Lua-based cross-platform framework ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. 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.	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.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	Corona is a free Lua-based cross-platform framework ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.