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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.

Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.

"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) Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with 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.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.

"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)	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.