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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.

Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with 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 popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.

The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.


Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with 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 popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.

The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.