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The Lua programming capabilities in LuaLaTeX greatly expand what is reasonably possible within .tex files. I stumble across examples of cool LuaLaTeX-only code and packages here and there on the net, but have yet to see a dedicated showcase of what LuaLaTeX allows one to do.

I think it would be great to put together a collection of cool LuaLaTeX snippets and packages, to help show what can be accomplished with it, encourage people to try it, and inspire people to give LuaLaTeX a shot and see what they can do with it.

So, let's have it — please submit the most impressive LuaTeX snippets and packages you've made or come across!

This has been closed as a duplicate of What is a simple example of something you can do with LuaTeX?, however "simple example of doing something with LuaTeX" is quite distinct from "showcase of the coolest things that have been done with LuaTeX", in the same way that "showcase of LaTeX typography" is distinct from "example of simple typography in LaTeX".

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    chickenize is always a source of good, clean fun.
    – Thérèse
    Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 3:28
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    Shameless plug: showcase.speedata.de/en - all with my software which is based on LuaTeX (no LaTeX though - and the input does not have anything in common with TeX)
    – topskip
    Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 8:31
  • side note, too bad if you just need Lua for programming tasks there's lt3luabridge nowadays. And always the classical pythontex perltex etc.
    – user202729
    Commented Feb 16, 2023 at 8:36
  • @topskip I would love to see more details about your software built on LuaTeX. Those are some great looking documents.
    – MentatOfDune
    Commented Feb 17, 2023 at 16:37
  • @MentatOfDune what kind of details are you looking for? I might provide an answer here or at the speedata discussion page
    – topskip
    Commented Feb 19, 2023 at 13:52

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