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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.

GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. "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)


GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	"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)