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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.

Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. 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)

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.


Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	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)

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.