# Install luau

Fast, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua. Version 0.724 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:luau
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install luau
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add luau
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: luau from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#luau
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lu/luau/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S luau
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: luau from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/luau
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/luau.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:luau
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/luau>
- **Version:** 0.724
- **Source summary:** Fast, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua
- **Homepage:** <https://luau.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/luau-lang/luau>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://luau.org/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/luau-lang/luau/archive/refs/tags/0.724.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-08T19:01:28Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- luau (cli)
- luau-analyze (cli)
- luau-ast (cli)
- luau-compile (cli)
- luau-reduce (cli)
- luau (alias)
- luau-analyze (alias)
- luau-ast (alias)
- luau-compile (alias)
- luau-reduce (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.724
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-08
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/luau-lang/luau
- Upstream latest detected: 0.724 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** luau
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - luau: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lu/luau/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - luau - 0.689-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: luau from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua | https://github.com/roblox/luau
- pacman - luau - 1:0.722-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: luau from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua | https://github.com/luau-lang/luau
- Scoop - main/luau: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/luau.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph