What's New in BLuau 1.0

Editors: KDUser12

This article explains the new features in BLuau 1.0. This version was released on February 22, 2025. For more details, check the changelog.

Summary – Version Information

BLuau 1.0 is the current stable version. The most significant changes include an interactive package manager, a package loader, and new features added to the library.

Warning and debug messages are handled by the logging module and are highlighted in color to better detect potential errors. These messages can easily be disabled using the logging module documentation.

The new library features include new modules to improve developers' development experience and make certain repetitive tasks easier.

This article does not attempt to provide a complete specification of all new features, but rather gives a global and practical overview. For more details, refer to the documentation, such as BLuau API. Please note that the "What's New" section is generally not kept up to date once a feature has been fully implemented.

Initial Release

Introduction of the BLuau project, a package manager for the Luau programming language, designed for the Roblox development/game environment.

NOTE

This section only exists for BLuau version 1.0 due to subsequent versions that do not exist.

• Introduction of the BLuau Library Manager for Luau, designed for the Roblox environment.

New Features

Library Module Management

BLuau uses a module management system that allows loading each module with its content (functions, variables, indices, etc.), but also a system that simplifies the importing of modules into your code via a less complex and more intuitive directory structure. This makes it easier for anyone to understand how to import a module via the BLuau library.

• Load various modules from the library using an internal loader.
• Import modules into your code using the BLuau API (BLibrary), which interacts directly with the loader.

Debugging System

With the logging module, which includes a feature for displaying debug messages. While this feature is not directly intended for debugging, it can be used in this way.

WARNING

Note that if you enable debug messages, you might see messages from other modules using the same system as yours.
These messages cannot be removed, and in the future, we will work on allowing you to create your own debug level.
We will also try to implement as many debug messages as possible using the logging module.
For example, rbxdss already uses this system to display debug messages to inform you about the smooth execution of the module.

New Modules

• logging: An advanced and customizable logging system for Luau.
• rbxdss: Allows for simplified and secure use of the Roblox DataStoreService API.
• profiler: Designed to measure the performance of your code.
• authz: A permission manager allowing you to assign specific permissions to players.
• unittest: Allows you to unit test your code.