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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.

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. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using 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.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.