vodka / A PeLite alternative
A free PeLite alternative. Protection and the platform, in one place.
PeLite is a paid obfuscator. vodka is a free platform that protects your Luau script and runs the key system, delivery and monetization around it. Here is what vodka offers, stated plainly.
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The short version
A free platform, not a paid tool.
vodka is a free Lua and Luau script-protection and key-management platform. You protect your source, run your key flow and distribute your loadstring in one workspace, with no creator subscription and no per-script fee.
PeLite is a paid, dedicated obfuscator. A specialist obfuscator can be strong at that single job, and vodka does not claim to beat one on raw code strength. We lead instead with what vodka verifiably offers: the complete, free pipeline.
Lead with the checkable
We keep competitor claims general on purpose, because we will not state a paid tool's internals we cannot source.
What we can show is vodka's own engine, measured in a harness you can run.
Run it: reproducible benchmarks.
What comes with it
Everything around the obfuscation.
A key system and delivery
Free-key tasks, lifetimes, HWID locks, revocation and a blacklist, all enforced server-side. Publish once for a stable loadstring your future builds reuse.
Or ship a protected loadstring with no key system at all. The key system is optional, not mandatory.
Keep your source and your money
Your original source stays private, versioned and restorable. You connect your own work.ink, LootLabs or Linkvertise account and the provider pays you directly.
vodka takes no cut and holds none of your revenue. There is no lock-in: you can leave with your source and your keys.
Where protection ends
Honest about the boundary.
No client-side obfuscator can make a delivered secret unrecoverable. An authorized client receives the code it runs, so running the loader can recover the strings and reverse the arithmetic. This is true of every obfuscator, vodka included, and we will not pretend otherwise.
What protection does is raise the cost of casual inspection and copying. What actually gates access is server-side: the key check, expiry, revocation and HWID locks are all enforced where the client never sees how the decision was made. Keep anything that must stay secret on a server, and read the benchmarks for exactly what the engine does and does not defeat.
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Where to go next.
The obfuscator
Encoded constants, flattened control flow and an opt-in bytecode VM for your Roblox Lua and Luau scripts.
Reproducible benchmarks
Run the exact harness yourself: protection resistance, runtime overhead and the weaknesses we do not hide.
What it costs
Free for creators and players. Monetize with your own ad-link provider; the platform never holds the money.
The key system
Free-key tasks, HWID locks, revocation and a Discord bot, enforced on the server rather than in the loader.
Questions
A few things worth knowing.
01Is vodka a free PeLite alternative?
Yes. vodka is free for creators and players and is a complete platform rather than an obfuscator alone: it runs the key system, delivery and monetization around your protected script. PeLite is a paid obfuscator. The difference is scope and price.
02Is vodka's obfuscation stronger than PeLite?
We do not claim that. A dedicated paid obfuscator can be strong at its single job. We keep comparisons to clearly public generalities and lead with what vodka verifiably offers: a free, complete platform with reproducible benchmarks.
03What does vodka add beyond obfuscation?
A server-enforced key system with free-key tasks, lifetimes, HWID locks and revocation; a stable loadstring and delivery; a Discord bot; a developer API; per-key leak tracing; and creator-direct monetization through your own ad-link provider.
04Is there really no cost and no cut?
Yes. Creating, protecting and distributing your script is free, and if you monetize, your own ad-link provider pays you directly. vodka takes no cut and holds no money. Resource limits and platform rules still apply.
Keep building
Your next release starts here.
Bring your original source. Make the workspace your own.