Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LUAC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert LUAC to another file type
To convert your LUAC file to another format, you need Lua or other Developer software.
Convert a file to LUAC
To convert other file formats to the "Compiled Script Bytecode" file type, you need software like Lua or a similar tool.
About LUAC files
A .LUAC file is the binary, compiled bytecode version of a Lua script, generated by the Lua compiler to improve load times and protect intellectual property. Unlike standard LUA source files, which are plain text, .LUAC files contain machine-readable instructions optimized for the Lua Virtual Machine. This proprietary binary format presents significant hurdles for users: it is not human-readable in standard editors like Notepad++, and it is extremely sensitive to version mismatches (e.g., bytecode compiled in Lua 5.1 will often fail in Lua 5.3) and architecture (32-bit vs. 64-bit endianness). Many game engines, such as Cocos2d-x or Amazon Lumberyard, use customized or encrypted variations of this format, further complicating access. To modify game logic, debug errors, or recover lost source code, the file must be "decompiled." The primary conversion workflow is transforming .LUAC back to LUA for editing and development. For static analysis or hex inspection without decompiling, converting to TXT or HEX allows for header verification.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LUAC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert LUAC file to LUA, DLL, SO, DYLIB, BUNDLE, PLUGIN, XPI, CRX, SAFARIEXTZ, APPEX, KEXT or SYS, you can use Lua or similar software from the "Compiled Lua Bytecode" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert LV2, DYLIB, VST, AAX, DRV, TDE, LADSPA, BUNDLE, AU, DLL, RTAS or SO files to LUAC, try Lua or another comparable tool in the "Compiled Lua Bytecode" category.
The LUAC Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LUAC converter.