Decision Workspace
luac-parser vs unluac vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
luac-parser
growingv0.5.3
lua bytecode parser
56
unluac
experimentalv1.3.1
Multi-dialect Lua decompiler written in Rust.
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
| luac-parser | unluac | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 56 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 26.2K | 318 | 5.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 244.7K |
| Dependents | 7 | 0 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 22 | 14 | 85 |
| Last Updated | 337d ago | 11d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 3y 4m | 3m | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
luac-parser
Maintenance
9
Quality
8
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
unluac
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| luac-parser | unluac | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.3 | 1.3.1 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 611KB | 283KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 36.4% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.94 | 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.
- •luac-parser, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.