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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.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.


Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.