Decision Workspace
typua vs mlua vs stylua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
typua
experimentalv0.1.3
A lua typecheker and language server
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.
64
stylua
stablev2.4.0
A code formatter for Lua
Core Metrics
| typua | mlua | stylua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 68 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 543 | 4.3M | 332.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 263.9K | 19.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.1K | 197 |
| Releases | 2 | 82 | 58 |
| Last Updated | 173d ago | 59d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6y 4m | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
typua
Maintenance
9
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
stylua
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| typua | mlua | stylua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.11.6 | 2.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 28 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 82KB | 262KB | 191KB |
| Features | 0 | 20 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| 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.
- •typua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.