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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.

LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. "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 popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.


LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	"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 popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.