Download Luau Engine
Free and open source. Get the editor and toolchain for Windows, macOS or Linux.
The current release is 0.9.4. Every download includes Luau Engine Studio and the luauengine command-line toolchain.
Windows#
| Download | Notes |
|---|---|
| Installer (x64) | Recommended. Windows 10 20H2 or newer |
| Installer (ARM64) | For Snapdragon and other ARM devices |
| Portable (.zip) | No installer; unpack and run |
winget install LuauEngine.StudiomacOS#
| Download | Notes |
|---|---|
| Universal .dmg | Apple Silicon and Intel. macOS 12 or newer. Signed and notarised |
brew install --cask luau-engineLinux#
| Download | Notes |
|---|---|
| AppImage (x86_64) | Runs on most distributions |
| .deb | Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives |
| .rpm | Fedora, RHEL and derivatives |
| .tar.gz | Portable |
curl -LO https://luauengine.org/dl/latest/LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImage
./LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImageToolchain only#
For CI runners and headless servers, install the CLI without the editor:
curl -fsSL https://luauengine.org/install.sh | shirm https://luauengine.org/install.ps1 | iexVerify your download#
Each release publishes SHA256SUMS and a detached signature next to the binaries:
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missingBuild from source#
git clone https://github.com/Luau-Engine/LuauEngine
cd LuauEngine
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --parallelFull instructions, including prerequisites per platform, are in Contributing.
System requirements#
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 20H2, macOS 12, Ubuntu 20.04 | Windows 11, macOS 14, Ubuntu 24.04 |
| CPU | x86-64 with SSE4.2, or ARM64 | 6+ cores |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Direct3D 11 / Metal 2 / Vulkan 1.1 | Anything from the last five years |
| Disk | 4 GB | 12 GB with build caches |
Previous releases#
Every release, with its notes and checksums, is on the releases page. To pin a specific toolchain version for a project:
luauengine toolchain install 0.9.3
luauengine toolchain default 0.9.3Licence#
Luau Engine is free software under the MIT licence, and is licensed and official by Roblox Corporation. See Licensing and trademarks for what that covers — particularly if you plan to ship a standalone build containing assets obtained through Roblox.