lpm

The package manager for Luau.

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The CLI for luaupm.com: install Luau packages from the lpm registry (plus wally and pesde indices), publish your own, pin your project's tools, and run its scripts — one manifest, one lockfile, one binary.

Install

Grab the binary for your platform from the latest release, then let lpm install itself:

# macOS / Linux
chmod +x lpm-macos-aarch64
./lpm-macos-aarch64 self install

# Windows
.\lpm-windows-x86_64.exe self install

self install copies lpm to ~/.lpm/bin. On Windows it adds that folder to your PATH for you; elsewhere it prints the line to add to your shell profile. Restart your terminal, then:

lpm --version
lpm self update    # pulls the newest release when there is one

With cargo

cargo install luaupm     # the crate is luaupm, the binary is lpm
lpm self install         # still worth running — tool shims live in ~/.lpm/bin

VS Code IntelliSense

lpm self code    # lpm.toml autocomplete + validation via Even Better TOML

Points your VS Code (or Insiders / VSCodium / Cursor) settings at the lpm.toml schema. Comments and existing entries in settings.json survive the edit.

lpx: run without installing

lpx create-chief-project my-game    # scaffold a project, zero setup
lpx stylua --check .                # one-off run of any released tool
lpx JohnnyMorganz/StyLua@2.0.2 .    # any GitHub repo, exact versions too

lpx (installed by self install, same command as lpm x) downloads a GitHub-released executable on first use, caches it under ~/.lpm/tools, and hands your terminal straight to it — nothing is added to any manifest. Names pinned under [tools] run their pinned version; other bare names come from lpm's shorthand list; anything else is owner/repo.

Docs

Commands, the manifest, workspaces, publishing — everything lives at luaupm.com/docs.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Licensed MIT.