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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.

GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.