semantic-lifter
An IR lifting backend for Luau: for emitting semantically accurate readable Luau
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GITHUB · launched Oct 13, 2026 · 35 upvotes (top 39%)
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No This is a formal compiler backend and lifting system for Luau involving typed intermediate representations, disassembly parsing, and verification contracts.
What it would actually take: Building a verified IR lifter requires a compiler pipeline: lexer/parser for disassembly, control flow reconstruction, SSA lifting, type checking, and Luau AST code generation that meets official compiler grammar rules. The implementation requires deep compiler theory, formal verification concepts, and typed systems programming (likely in Rust, C++, or Luau itself).
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