Lua today is shaped by four threads: embedded scripting, game engines (Defold/Love2D), nginx and OpenResty, and the package ecosystem. The Lua experts below lead work across each.

Avatar	Name	GitHub	Notable Contributions†
	Leaf Corcoran	leafo	MoonScript, itch.io
	Mike Pall	MikePall	LuaJIT performance engine
	Roberto Ierusalimschy	roberto-ieru	Creator of Lua language
	Hisham Muhammad	hishamhm	LuaRocks, Teal tooling
	Yichun Zhang	agentzh	OpenResty web platform
	Etiene Dalcol	Etiene	Sailor framework, inclusion
	Enrique García Cota	kikito	game dev libraries (anim8 etc.)
	Bart van Strien	bartbes	LÖVE game engine
	Marco Palladino	subnetmarco	Kong API gateway
	Fabio Mascarenhas	mascarenhas	Orbit, WSAPI, LuaSQL
	Björn Ritzl	britzl	Defold game engine
	Matthew Wild	mwild1	Prosody IM server
	Marek Majkowski	majek	Snabb Switch, performance
	TJ DeVries	tjdevries	Neovim Lua ecosystem
	Fujun Luan	luanfujun	AI researcher

† Not a ranked list — position is independent of expertise or seniority.

Together, these Lua experts shape the project's roadmap and surrounding ecosystem.

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