Showcase

Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.

Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

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. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine.


Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

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.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Solar2D is a free Lua based game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage. It is a fork of the well established and widely used Corona SDK game engine.