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#

DownloadNotes
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.Studio

macOS#

DownloadNotes
Universal .dmgApple Silicon and Intel. macOS 12 or newer. Signed and notarised
brew install --cask luau-engine

Linux#

DownloadNotes
AppImage (x86_64)Runs on most distributions
.debDebian, Ubuntu and derivatives
.rpmFedora, RHEL and derivatives
.tar.gzPortable
curl -LO https://luauengine.org/dl/latest/LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImage
./LuauEngineStudio-x86_64.AppImage

Toolchain only#

For CI runners and headless servers, install the CLI without the editor:

curl -fsSL https://luauengine.org/install.sh | sh
irm https://luauengine.org/install.ps1 | iex

Verify your download#

Each release publishes SHA256SUMS and a detached signature next to the binaries:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing

Build from source#

git clone https://github.com/Luau-Engine/LuauEngine
cd LuauEngine
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --parallel

Full instructions, including prerequisites per platform, are in Contributing.

System requirements#

MinimumRecommended
OSWindows 10 20H2, macOS 12, Ubuntu 20.04Windows 11, macOS 14, Ubuntu 24.04
CPUx86-64 with SSE4.2, or ARM646+ cores
Memory8 GB16 GB
GPUDirect3D 11 / Metal 2 / Vulkan 1.1Anything from the last five years
Disk4 GB12 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 0.9.3

Licence#

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.