Decision Workspace
luac-parser vs mlua vs full_moon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
luac-parser
growingv0.5.3
lua bytecode parser
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.
65
full_moon
stablev2.1.1
A lossless Lua parser
Core Metrics
| luac-parser | mlua | full_moon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 68 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 25.9K | 4.3M | 812.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 87 | 263.9K | 46.3K |
| Dependents | 7 | 3.1K | 357 |
| Releases | 22 | 82 | 56 |
| Last Updated | 229d ago | 59d ago | 64d ago |
| Age | 3y 1m | 6y 4m | 6y 11m |
Health Breakdown
luac-parser
Maintenance
10
Quality
8
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
full_moon
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| luac-parser | mlua | full_moon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.3 | 0.11.6 | 2.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 28 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 262KB | 434KB |
| Features | 1 | 20 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 36.4% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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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.
- •luac-parser, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.