List of applications using Lua

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The Lua programming language is a lightweight multi-paradigm language designed primarily for embedded systems and clients.

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This is a list of applications which use Lua for the purpose of extensibility.

Video games

In video game development, Lua is widely used as a scripting language by game programmers, perhaps due to its perceived easiness to embed, fast execution, and short learning curve. [1]

In 2003, a poll conducted by GameDev.net showed Lua as the most popular scripting language for game programming. [2] On 12 January 2012, Lua was announced as a winner of the Front Line Award 2011 from the magazine Game Developer in the category Programming Tools. [3]

Other uses

Other applications using Lua include:

References

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  4. "GitHub - civetweb/civetweb: Embedded C/C++ web server".
  5. "Core games editor documentation". Core Games. 18 December 2020.
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  7. "Using Lua with darktable". 24 September 2013.
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  12. "What's New in HAProxy 1.6". 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on October 14, 2015.
  13. "Hollywood - Multimedia Application Layer".
  14. "Leadwerks Documentation".
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  16. "LÖVE - Free 2D Game Engine".
  17. "LuaTeX". luatex.org. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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  20. "LUA(4) Man Page". netbsd.gw.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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  23. "Nmap Scripting Engine" . Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  24. Huang R. "NodeMCU devkit". GitHub. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  25. "Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2016 Edition".
  26. "Pandoc Lua Filters".
  27. "Redis Lua scripting".
  28. "Luau". Luau. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  29. "Lua in RPM".
  30. "LUA Procedure".
  31. "Lua in Snort 3.0". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  32. "Wiki/Building/Lua Programming". Stormworks: Build and Rescue Wiki. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  33. "VMOD Lua for Varnish 3.0" . Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  34. "Vim documentation: if_lua" . Retrieved 2011-08-17.
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