Decision Workspace
luaur-rt vs mlua-extras vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
luaur-rt
experimentalv0.1.8
Safe, ergonomic, mlua-style API for luaur (pure-Rust Luau).
52
mlua-extras
stablev11.6.2
Extra helpers and functionality built on top of mlua for embedded lua development
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
| luaur-rt | mlua-extras | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 52 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 672 | 7.1K | 5.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.8K | 257.4K |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 9 | 9 | 85 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 54d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 18d | 1y 9m | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
luaur-rt
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mlua-extras
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| luaur-rt | mlua-extras | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 | 11.6.2 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 8 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 209KB | 64KB | 283KB |
| Features | 5 | 19 | 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.
- •luaur-rt, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.