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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 popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. 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. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.


The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	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.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.