Decision Workspace
autolua vs mlua-extras vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
autolua
experimentalv0.2.2
'autolua' and 'bindlua' are two easy macros for you to generate implementations for mlua::IntoLua, mlua::FromLua, and mlua::UserData
54
mlua-extras
stablev11.6.1
Extra helpers and functionality built on top of mlua for embedded lua development
68
mlua
growingv0.11.6
High level bindings to Lua 5.5/5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau with async/await features and support of writing native Lua modules in Rust.
Core Metrics
| autolua | mlua-extras | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 54 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 160 | 5.2K | 4.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 27 | 30 | 255.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.1K |
| Releases | 10 | 8 | 82 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 16d ago | 59d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 6m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
autolua
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
8
mlua-extras
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| autolua | mlua-extras | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 11.6.1 | 0.11.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 41KB | 262KB |
| Features | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlua leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •autolua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.