Decision Workspace
orcs-lua vs mlua vs rhai_codegen
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
orcs-lua
experimentalv0.1.1
Lua scripting support for ORCS components
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.
61
rhai_codegen
stablev3.2.0
Procedural macros support package for Rhai, a scripting language and engine for Rust
Core Metrics
| orcs-lua | mlua | rhai_codegen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 70 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 179 | 5.5M | 8.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 244.7K | 664.8K |
| Dependents | 2 | 4.4K | 78 |
| Releases | 2 | 85 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 134d ago | 8d ago | 50d ago |
| Age | 4m | 6y 8m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
orcs-lua
Maintenance
11
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rhai_codegen
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| orcs-lua | mlua | rhai_codegen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.12.0 | 3.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 252KB | 283KB | 41KB |
| Features | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 7.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.80.0 | 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.
- •rhai_codegen has the most downloads (8.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •mlua is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •orcs-lua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.