luajit

just-In-Time compiler for Lua

TLDR

Start interactive interpreter

$ luajit

Run script

$ luajit [script.lua]

Execute code

$ luajit -e "[print('Hello')]"

Run with arguments

$ luajit [script.lua] [arg1] [arg2]

Compile to bytecode

$ luajit -b [script.lua] [script.out]

Interactive after script

$ luajit -i [script.lua]

SYNOPSIS

luajit [options] [script] [args]

luajit is a Just-In-Time compiler for Lua. It provides significantly faster execution than standard Lua.
The tool is Lua 5.1 compatible with extensions. Widely used for high-performance Lua applications.

PARAMETERS

SCRIPT

Lua script file.

ARGS

Script arguments.

-e CODE

Execute string.

-b

Compile to bytecode.

-i

Interactive mode.

-j CMD

JIT control command.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Lua 5.1 compatible only. FFI requires native code knowledge. Platform-specific optimizations.

HISTORY

LuaJIT was created by Mike Pall to provide a high-performance Lua implementation with JIT compilation.