Decision Workspace
ezlua vs mlua vs ulua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
ezlua
growingv0.5.4
Ergonomic, efficient and Zero-cost rust bindings to Lua5.4
69
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.
47
ulua
experimentalv0.11.5
High level Luau bindings to Rust with async/await support
Core Metrics
| ezlua | mlua | ulua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 69 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 23.6K | 4.9M | 1.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 322.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 8 | 3.8K | 0 |
| Releases | 19 | 83 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 516d ago | 34d ago | 255d ago |
| Age | 3y | 6y 6m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
ezlua
Maintenance
8
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
ulua
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| ezlua | mlua | ulua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.4 | 0.11.6 | 0.11.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 28 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 90KB | 262KB | 220KB |
| Features | 13 | 20 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 26.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.79.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlua leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ezlua has not been updated in over a year.