Decision Workspace
typua vs mlua vs stylua
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
typua
experimentalv0.1.3
A lua typecheker and language server
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.
64
stylua
stablev2.5.2
A code formatter for Lua
Core Metrics
| typua | mlua | stylua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 69 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 548 | 4.9M | 359.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 322.4K | 11.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.8K | 228 |
| Releases | 2 | 83 | 62 |
| Last Updated | 232d ago | 34d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 8m | 6y 6m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
typua
Maintenance
8
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mlua
Maintenance
18
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 | 2.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 28 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 82KB | 262KB | 176KB |
| 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 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlua is depended on by 3.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •typua, mlua are pre-1.0 — API may change.