Lilush: the next small thing
A static LuaJIT runtime with batteries. One binary. Under 3MB. 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.
What's in the box 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; runtime available documentation for core modules.
Lilush Shell Lilush doubles as a fully-featured Linux shell with a sleek interface out of the box. Smart prompts — host, user, directory, git branch, 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), ktl for kubectl, 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.).
Get started # Download the latest release curl -fLO "https://codeberg.org/latimar/lilush/releases/download/latest/lilush" # Install chmod +x lilush install -Dm755 lilush ~/.local/bin/lilush Release binaries are signed with an SSH key — see the repository for verification instructions and building from source.