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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.

Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement. Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. 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. Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.


Wikipedia uses Lua as its template scripting language. Read the announcement.	Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	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.	Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins.