Decision Workspace
tinylj vs mlua vs luajit-src
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
tinylj
growingv0.1.3
Rust crate for calling LuaJIT from 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.
60
luajit-src
stablev210.6.6+707c12b
Sources of LuaJIT 2.1 and logic to build it.
Core Metrics
| tinylj | mlua | luajit-src | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 68 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9K | 4.3M | 3.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 263.9K | 195.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.1K | 131 |
| Releases | 3 | 82 | 42 |
| Last Updated | 1010d ago | 59d ago | 72d ago |
| Age | 2y 9m | 6y 4m | 6y 2m |
Health Breakdown
tinylj
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
luajit-src
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tinylj | mlua | luajit-src | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.11.6 | 210.6.6+707c12b |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 262KB | 1.0MB |
| Features | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlua leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tinylj has not been updated in over a year.
- •tinylj, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.