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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.

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. "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) The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, 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. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.


Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	"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)	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, 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.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.