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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.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.


Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.