Showcase

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. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. 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.


Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	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.