Decision Workspace
lunars vs mlua vs oak-lua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
lunars
growingv0.1.0
A compact, WASM-ready spaceship — fueled by Rust-grade hyperdrive! Write scripts that orbit Lua in speed and dock seamlessly with Rust. Smaller than a satellite, built for intergalactic-scale scripting.
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.
61
oak-lua
experimentalv0.0.10
High-performance incremental Lua parser for the oak ecosystem with flexible configuration, supporting lightweight scripting and embedded development.
Core Metrics
| lunars | mlua | oak-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 68 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 760 | 4.3M | 808 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 263.9K | 131 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.1K | 6 |
| Releases | 1 | 82 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 377d ago | 59d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 1y | 6y 4m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
lunars
Maintenance
2
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
oak-lua
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| lunars | mlua | oak-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.11.6 | 0.0.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 28 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 262KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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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.
- •⚠ lunars has not been updated in over a year.