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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.

Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. "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) Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua. The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.


Players of World of Warcraft use Lua to customize the game interface.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	"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)	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.

LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in Lua.	The widely used VLC media player is scriptable in Lua.	LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.	Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.