Decision Workspace
plua vs mlua vs arborium-lua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
plua
growingv0.1.1
Lua preprocessor inspired by Nelua
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.
67
arborium-lua
growingv2.18.1
Lua grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
Core Metrics
| plua | mlua | arborium-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 70 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 5.5M | 72.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 257.4K | 9.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.4K | 52 |
| Releases | 2 | 85 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 477d ago | 8d ago | 21d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 6y 8m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
plua
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
arborium-lua
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| plua | mlua | arborium-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.12.0 | 2.18.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 28 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 283KB | 47KB |
| Features | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.85 |
| 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.
- •⚠ plua has not been updated in over a year.
- •plua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.