Showcase

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. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. 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.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, 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. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.


LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	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.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, 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.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.