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mlua-sys

v0.11.0 Growing

Low level (FFI) bindings to Lua 5.5/5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.88

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 8d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
4.1M
Dependents
45
Releases
30
Size
39KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

377.5K downloads in the last 30 days (12.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, mlua-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 38KB, mlua-sys is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include mlua, mlua-codemp-patch, r2g_mlua, crabsoup-luau-sys, sol2-sys. When high-quality crates choose mlua-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
11K/day avg-28%
05K10K15K20K25K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.8
47%
v0.10.0
25%
v0.9.0
13%
v0.8.3
11%
v0.8.2
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

luaulua51lua52lua53lua54lua55luajitmoduleexternalluajit52vendoredluau-codegenluau-vector4

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
45
crates depend on mlua-sys