nextlua

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nextlua is a Luau beautifier and minifier for formatting and compressing Luau source code. Version 3.1.0 is the current stable release. It runs on Node.js and provides CLI and programmatic APIs for code formatting. Differentiators include support for Luau-specific syntax and customizable formatting options.

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nextlua

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

beautify

✓ import { beautify } from 'nextlua'

✗ const beautify = require('nextlua').beautify

ESM-only since v3

minify

✓ import { minify } from 'nextlua'

✗ import minify from 'nextlua'

Named export, not default.

format

✓ import { format } from 'nextlua'

✗ const format = require('nextlua').format;

ESM-only.

Shows how to import beautify and minify functions, format code with indentation, and minify with options.

import { beautify, minify } from 'nextlua'; const code = `local x = 1\nlocal y = 2`; const beautified = beautify(code, { indent_width: 4 }); console.log(beautified); const minified = minify(code, { rename_variables: false }); console.log(minified);

Debug

Known issues

breakingv3.0 dropped CommonJS support; require() will fail.

fix

Use ESM imports or downgrade to v2.x.

affects: >=3.0

deprecatedbeautify() options indent and tabs are deprecated; use indent_width and use_tabs instead.

fix

Replace indent with indent_width, and tabs with use_tabs.

affects: >=3.0

gotchaminify() by default renames variables, which may break Luau code relying on specific names.

fix

Pass { rename_variables: false } to preserve original names.

affects: >=1.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /path/to/node_modules/nextlua/index.mjs not supported.

Using require() on ESM-only version.

fix

Switch to dynamic import() or use ESM imports.

TypeError: beautify is not a function

Default import instead of named import.

fix

Use { beautify } named export.

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Version history

3.1.0latest on npm

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