Decision Workspace
luabundle vs wax-rs vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
luabundle
growingv1.1.3
Bundler for Luau scripts
37
wax-rs
growingv0.0.2
Experiment to Rewrite Wax (latte-soft/wax) Natively, in Rust - A Fast Runtime Lua 5.1x+/Luau Project Bundler, Using Roblox Models and Module-Require Semantics
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
| luabundle | wax-rs | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 37 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 5.0K | 2.6K | 4.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 4 | 255.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.1K |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 82 |
| Last Updated | 870d ago | 882d ago | 59d ago |
| Age | 2y 7m | 2y 5m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
luabundle
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
wax-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| luabundle | wax-rs | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.3 | 0.0.2 | 0.11.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 2KB | 262KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 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.
- •⚠ luabundle, wax-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •wax-rs, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.