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mlua-sys

v0.10.0 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 1.85

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 59d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
2.9M
Dependents
40
Releases
28
Size
39KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

250.9K downloads in the last 30 days (8.4K/day), up 19% from 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. When high-quality crates choose mlua-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 7/20

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
7K/day avg+57%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.8
36%
v0.6.7
24%
v0.6.6
14%
v0.8.3
13%
v0.9.0
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

luaulua51lua52lua53lua54lua55luajitmoduleexternalluajit52vendoredluau-codegenluau-vector4

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
40
crates depend on mlua-sys