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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. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

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. "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) The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in 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.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

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.	"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)	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.