Getting Started

Installation

There are three ways to get Lehua: install it with Rokit, download a prebuilt release, or build it from source.

Install with Rokit

If you manage your tools with Rokit, install Lehua with one command:

shell

rokit add thekingofspace/LehuaLang lehua

The lehua at the end sets the name of the command. Without it, the command would be called LehuaLang.

Run this inside a project to add Lehua to that project's rokit.toml, or add --global to make the command available everywhere:

shell

rokit add --global thekingofspace/LehuaLang lehua

Download a release

Grab the archive for your system from the releases page:

Windows: lehua-windows-x86_64.zip
Linux: lehua-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Extract it. Inside is a folder with the program: lehua.exe on Windows, lehua on Linux. Move the program to a folder on your PATH so you can run it from anywhere.

Build from source

Building Lehua needs a recent Rust toolchain. You also need a C and C++ compiler, since the Luau backend is built from source. On Windows that means the Visual Studio C++ build tools. On Linux, install gcc and g++.

shell

git clone https://github.com/thekingofspace/LehuaLang
cd LehuaLang
cargo build --release

# the runtime is now at target/release/lehua
./target/release/lehua --help

Tip

Put lehua on your PATH so you can run it from any project folder.