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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.

Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua. 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. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.


Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with Lua.	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.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.