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theseus-mlua vs mlua vs mlua-extras
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
theseus-mlua
experimentalv0.11.7
High level bindings to Lua 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. Fork with added Factorio Lua support.
69
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.
54
mlua-extras
stablev11.6.2
Extra helpers and functionality built on top of mlua for embedded lua development
Core Metrics
| theseus-mlua | mlua | mlua-extras | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 69 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 4.9M | 5.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 322.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.8K | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 83 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 225d ago | 34d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 8m | 6y 6m | 1y 8m |
Health Breakdown
theseus-mlua
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mlua
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
mlua-extras
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| theseus-mlua | mlua | mlua-extras | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.7 | 0.11.6 | 11.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 28 | 28 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 251KB | 262KB | 64KB |
| Features | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlua leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •theseus-mlua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.