Standard libraries¶

Standard libraries are built-in Luau globals such as math, table, and string. They are state configuration, not modules loaded through require(...).

Choose built-in Luau libraries when you create the state, or load additional libraries later:

using var lua = new LuauState(LuauLibraries.Math | LuauLibraries.String);

lua.LoadStandardLibraries(LuauLibraries.Buffer);

Available flags include:

• Base
• Coroutine
• Table
• Os
• String
• Math
• Debug
• Utf8
• Bit32
• Buffer
• Vector

Important details:

• LuauLibraries.None loads no standard libraries.
• EnabledLibraries shows the effective built-in library set for the state.
• LoadStandardLibraries(...) is idempotent; already loaded libraries are ignored.
• LuauLibraries.Buffer enables Luau's script-side buffer library. Host-side buffer interop such as CreateBuffer(...), GetBuffer(...), or passing byte[] does not depend on that flag.

Use Modules and require when Luau code should load a host-provided or file-backed module with require(...).