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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.

Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with 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. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

"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) The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.


Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, is scriptable with 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.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.

"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)	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.