Decision Workspace
safe_wren vs taurine vs oak-lua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
31
safe_wren
growingv0.1.0
A safe, pure-rust implementation of wren.io, drop-in replacement for wren.io's C implementation.
45
taurine
experimentalv1.0.5
Fast, embeddable scripting language implemented 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
| safe_wren | taurine | oak-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 31 | 45 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0K | 26 | 808 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 26 | 127 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 1617d ago | 10d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 4y 5m | 11d | 5m |
Health Breakdown
safe_wren
Maintenance
1
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
taurine
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
oak-lua
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| safe_wren | taurine | oak-lua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.5 | 0.0.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 4.9MB | 52KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •oak-lua leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •safe_wren has the most downloads (2.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ safe_wren has not been updated in over a year.
- •safe_wren, oak-lua are pre-1.0 — API may change.