Decision Workspace
lua-astra vs assay-lua vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
lua-astra
experimentalv0.45.3
🔥 Blazingly Fast 🔥 runtime environment for Lua
42
assay-lua
experimentalv0.5.5
General-purpose enhanced Lua runtime. Batteries-included scripting, automation, and web services.
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
| lua-astra | assay-lua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 42 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 13.1K | 173 | 4.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 122 | 43 | 263.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.1K |
| Releases | 57 | 11 | 82 |
| Last Updated | 24d ago | 14d ago | 59d ago |
| Age | 12m | 1m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
lua-astra
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
assay-lua
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lua-astra | assay-lua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.45.3 | 0.5.5 | 0.11.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 37 | 33 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 191KB | 262KB | 262KB |
| Features | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.92 | — | 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.