# unluac-rs

> unluac-rs is a Rust decompiler for Lua bytecode. It covers Lua 5.1 through 5.5, LuaJIT 2.1, and Luau, detects the dialect from the chunk, and can run as a command-line tool, a Rust or JavaScript library, or a browser workspace.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/x3zvawq/unluac-rs>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/x3zvawq/unluac-rs/blob/3186d2e392e44a2ddaadd1826a779c98c718be53/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unluac-rs/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unluac-rs/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/unluac-rs/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The CLI can be installed from a checkout with cargo install --path packages/unluac-cli, or downloaded from GitHub Releases.
- The web app at https://unluac.x3zvawq.com processes files in the browser.
- License: MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/x3zvawq/unluac-rs/blob/3186d2e392e44a2ddaadd1826a779c98c718be53/README.md>

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