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# Built-in Libraries
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Lune contains a large set of built-in libraries, much like Luau itself. These libraries include, but
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are not limited to, these libraries and their common use cases:
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- The [`fs`](../../api-reference/fs.md) library for manipulating files
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- The [`net`](../../api-reference/net.md) library for making HTTP requests
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- The [`process`](../../api-reference/process.md) library for executing external programs and
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processes
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This is just a small subset of what is available in Lune, but for now, what is important is that
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these libraries must be imported using a special kind of `require` statement:
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```lua copy
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local fs = require("@lune/fs")
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local net = require("@lune/net")
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local process = require("@lune/process")
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```
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As you can see above, unlike Luau's standard libraries such as
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[`math`](https://luau-lang.org/library#math-library),
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[`table`](https://luau-lang.org/library#table-library),
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[`string`](https://luau-lang.org/library#string-library), and others, Lune's built-in libraries are
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not available as global variables and importing them before using them is required (pun intended).
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The next few sections will contain examples of how to run scripts, more specific usage of Lune's
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built-in libraries, and what they are most commonly used for.
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