luau

A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua.

Latest version: 696

Add to xmake.lua

add_requires("luau 696")

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Information

License
MIT
Recipe updated
2026-05-19T03:57:42.000Z

Platforms

  • android: armeabi, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, riscv64, x86, x86_64, mips, mip64
  • msys: i386, x86_64
  • mingw: i386, x86_64, arm, arm64
  • windows: x86, x64, arm, arm64, arm64ec
  • linux: i386, x86_64, armv7, armv7s, arm64, mips, mips64, mipsel, mips64el, loong64, riscv64, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, sparc64
  • bsd: i386, x86_64, arm, arm64, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, riscv64, sparc64
  • harmony: armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64
  • cross: i386, x86_64, arm, armv7, arm64, mips, mips64, mips64el, riscv, riscv64, loong64, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, sh4, sparc64
  • wasm: wasm32, wasm64
  • iphoneos: arm64, x86_64
  • macosx: x86_64, arm64

Options

build_web
Build web module. · Type: boolean · Default: false
extern_c
Use extern C for all APIs. · Type: boolean · Default: false

Versions

  • 0.538
  • 0.623
  • 0.624
  • 0.638
  • 0.640
  • 0.642
  • 0.643
  • 0.683
  • 0.686
  • 0.689
  • 0.691
  • 0.693
  • 0.695
  • 696

Dependencies

Install with xrepo

Install the package independently of a project and inspect its available configuration.

install

xrepo install "luau 696"

show info

xrepo info "luau"

Link a library to your target

Declare the requirement, then attach the library to the target that uses it.

xmake.lua

add_requires("luau 696")

target("demo")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    add_packages("luau")

Open a package environment

Open a shell with the environment exported by this package. Use the executable names documented by the package.

enter shell

xrepo env -b "luau 696" shell