rlua
v0.20.1 GrowingHigh level bindings to Lua 5.x
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 380 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (35KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
8.1K downloads in the last 30 days (269/day), up 30% from the previous period.
380 crates depend on rlua. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 8+ years old, rlua hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 34KB, rlua is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include way-cooler, torchbear, omt, kurobako_core, lua_actor. When high-quality crates choose rlua, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["builtin-lua54"]
