Showcase

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. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.


Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.

Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.