reflect.decompile

Attempts to transform bytecode or a loaded function back into human-readable Luau source code.

Signature

function decompile(bytecode: any, timeout: number?): string

Types

type DecompileInput = LocalScript | ModuleScript | function | string

Summary

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bytecode	any	The script, function, or bytecode string to decompile.
timeout	number?	Optional time limit for the decompilation process (in seconds).

Example

local reflect = require("@runtime/reflect")
local luau = require("@std/luau")

local source = "local x = 1; return x + 1"
local bytecode = luau.compile(source)

local decompiled = reflect.decompile(bytecode)
print(decompiled)