Showcase

Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.

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

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.


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

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.