Lua
Lua is a powerful, lightweight, and embeddable scripting language designed to be used as an extension language for applications. Known for its small footprint, high performance, and simple C API, it integrates seamlessly into host programs to provide flexible and dynamic scripting capabilities.…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1993
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Lua was created to address the need for a highly extensible, simple, and efficient scripting language that could be easily embedded into applications, particularly in the context of projects developed in Brazil. At the time, Brazil faced economic barriers and bureaucratic hurdles for importing software, making robust, customizable, and free-to-use solutions highly desirable for industrial applications.
- Platforms
- Android, Embedded Systems, Linux, iOS, Windows, Web browsers (via WebAssembly), macOS
Related technologies
Notable users
- Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft UI, Diablo III)
- Adobe (Photoshop Lightroom, Audition)
- Nginx (via OpenResty)
- Tencent (various games)
- Valve (Dota 2, Garry's Mod)
- Cloudflare (internal tooling, web application firewall)
- Roblox Corporation
- Cisco (various network devices)