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. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.

Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.


Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.

Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.