Showcase

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. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.

Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.


GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.

Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.