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title: "getrenv"
description: "Returns a cached shallow clone of the main Roblox global environment."
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```lua
getrenv(): table
```

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## Aliases

- `getrobloxenv`

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## Arguments

This function takes no arguments.

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## Returns

<ResponseField name="environment" type="table">
  The cached shallow clone of the main Roblox global environment.
</ResponseField>

The clone is reused in the same main VM; nested tables remain shared. It is not a fresh deep snapshot.

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## Example

```lua
local env = getrenv()
print(type(env.print), type(env.shared))
```