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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.

Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. 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.

"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) Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.


Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	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.

"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)	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.