Decision Workspace
mers_lib vs rhai vs mlua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
mers_lib
growingv0.9.29
library to use the mers language in other projects
70
rhai
stablev1.24.0
Embedded scripting for Rust
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
| mers_lib | rhai | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 70 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 65.4K | 5.8M | 4.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 88 | 496.5K | 255.4K |
| Dependents | 55 | 3.0K | 3.1K |
| Releases | 69 | 101 | 82 |
| Last Updated | 127d ago | 67d ago | 59d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 10y | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
mers_lib
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
rhai
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| mers_lib | rhai | mlua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.29 | 1.24.0 | 0.11.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 23 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 74KB | 336KB | 262KB |
| Features | 6 | 29 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 1.5% | 8.9% | 1.2% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66.0 | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rhai leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mers_lib, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.