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Lua Showcase

Lua is used in many products and projects around the world. Here are some highlights. A different selection is shown every day.

Volvo Nmap Neovim LuaTeX
Volvo cars like the V40 Cross Country embed Lua in their combined instrument panel. Nmap, a popular tool for network discovery and security auditing, is scriptable with Lua. Neovim is a popular hyperextensible Vim-based text editor that supports Lua plugins. LuaTeX, the engine behind most modern installations of TeX, uses Lua as its embedded scripting language.
Defold Snort Hammerspoon Blackmagic Fusion
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. Snort, a popular network intrusion prevention and detection system, is scriptable with Lua. Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of macOS using Lua scripting. Blackmagic Fusion, a post-production image compositing software used extensively in the movie industry, uses Lua as one of its embedded scripting languages.

Last update: Thu May 7 05:00:01 UTC 2026