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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. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins. Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011. Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.


GitHub uses Lua scripts in the infrastructure of GitHub Pages, its static site hosting service.	Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting.	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is mostly written in Lua. Lightroom also supports Lua plug-ins.	Celestia is a real-time 3D visualization of space that can be scripted with Lua.

Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua.	Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua.	The widely popular game Angry Birds is mostly written in Lua. See a talk by Jaakko Lisalo at the Game Design Expo 2011.	Defold is a free engine for professional 2D game development, used at King games and by over 40,000 developers worldwide. All game logic is scripted in Lua.