Decision Workspace
factorio-mlua vs mlua vs mlua-extras
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
factorio-mlua
growingv0.8.0
High level bindings to Lua 5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Roblox Luau with async/await features and support of writing native Lua modules in Rust. Fork with added Factorio Lua support.
70
mlua
growingv0.12.0
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.
52
mlua-extras
stablev11.6.2
Extra helpers and functionality built on top of mlua for embedded lua development
Core Metrics
| factorio-mlua | mlua | mlua-extras | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 70 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 9.7K | 5.5M | 7.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 244.7K | 1.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.4K | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 85 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 690d ago | 8d ago | 54d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 6y 8m | 1y 9m |
Health Breakdown
factorio-mlua
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
mlua-extras
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| factorio-mlua | mlua | mlua-extras | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 0.12.0 | 11.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 29 | 28 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 183KB | 283KB | 64KB |
| Features | 14 | 20 | 19 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlua leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ factorio-mlua has not been updated in over a year.
- •factorio-mlua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.