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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.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, 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. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.


Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, 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.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.