Decision Workspace
lua-bind vs assay-lua vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
lua-bind
growingv0.1.0
Thread-safe Lua binding system with automatic type registration and dependency injection
50
assay-lua
experimentalv0.17.6
General-purpose enhanced Lua runtime. Batteries-included scripting, automation, and web services.
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
| lua-bind | assay-lua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 50 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 647 | 1.3K | 5.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 257.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 1 | 78 | 85 |
| Last Updated | 442d ago | 6d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 5m | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
lua-bind
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
assay-lua
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lua-bind | assay-lua | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.17.6 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 50 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 448KB | 283KB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2021 | 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.
- •⚠ lua-bind has not been updated in over a year.