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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. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

"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) Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.


The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

"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)	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.