Decision Workspace
llua vs ezlua vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
llua
growingv0.1.3
Low level bindings to Lua5.4
44
ezlua
growingv0.5.4
Ergonomic, efficient and Zero-cost rust bindings to Lua5.4
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.
Core Metrics
| llua | ezlua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 44 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 5.2K | 23.6K | 5.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 244.7K |
| Dependents | 2 | 8 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 4 | 19 | 85 |
| Last Updated | 1162d ago | 565d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 4y 2m | 3y 2m | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
llua
Maintenance
3
Quality
8
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
ezlua
Maintenance
6
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| llua | ezlua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 21 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 278KB | 90KB | 283KB |
| Features | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 26.3% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 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.
- •⚠ llua, ezlua have not been updated in over a year.