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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. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Corona is a free Lua-based cross-platform framework ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems.

LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.


Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Corona is a free Lua-based cross-platform framework ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems.

LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.