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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.

Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement. 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. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.	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.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.

The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.