One binary. Around 2MB. No dependencies.
Lilush is a statically compiled LuaJIT interpreter bundled with everything you need to build real software on Linux — networking, crypto, filesystem, terminal UI, and more — without installing a single dependency.
Drop it into a FROM scratch Docker container. Use it as a busybox replacement. Ship it anywhere x86_64 Linux runs.
Networking — TCP/UDP with SSL, a full HTTP(S) client, and an HTTP/1.1 server, all powered by WolfSSL compiled right into the binary.
Cryptography — Modern crypto primitives ready to use.
Filesystem & Processes — File operations, process manipulation, everything you'd expect from a systems scripting tool.
Terminal UI — UTF-8 aware terminal I/O, styling via TSS (Terminal Style Sheets), and a set of widgets for building CLI apps.
And then some — Markdown processing, Redis protocol support, JSON, Base64, embedded WireGuard and ACMEv2 clients.
Lilush doubles as a fully-featured Linux shell with a sleek interface out of the box.
Smart prompts — host, user, directory, git branch, AWS profile, Kubernetes context, Python venv — all preconfigured.
Completions & navigation — Tab completions with scrolling, intelligent directory navigation and history search in the spirit of McFly and zoxide.
Built-in tools — kat (file viewer + pager), netstat, dig, wgcli, and many more.
Extensible — Add your own plugins. Style everything with TSS.
Lilush Shell uses Kitty's keyboard protocol and requires a compatible terminal emulator (kitty, foot, alacritty, konsole, etc.).
# Download the latest release
curl -fLO "https://codeberg.org/latimar/lilush/releases/download/latest/lilush"
# Install
chmod +x lilush
install -Dm755 lilush ~/.local/bin/lilushRelease binaries are signed with an SSH key — see the repository for verification instructions and building from source.
RELIW — An HTTP server & framework.
zxkitty — A ZX80 emulator for the terminal.