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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.

GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. 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. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.


GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	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.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.