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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.

The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using 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) Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using 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)	Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.