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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.

Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, 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)

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, 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.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	Wireshark, a popular network protocol analyzer, 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)

Cisco IP Cameras can be controlled using Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.