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tree-sitter-lua

v0.5.0 Growing

Lua grammar for tree-sitter

MIT Edition 2021
Parsing toolsText editorsParser implementations #parsing#lua#incremental#tree-sitter

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 29d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 829 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (47KB, 3 deps)

Security

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
829
Releases
23
Size
47KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

437.1K downloads in the last 30 days (14.6K/day), up 70% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

829 crates depend on tree-sitter-lua. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, tree-sitter-lua hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 46KB, tree-sitter-lua is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ast-grep-language, difftastic, pmat, md-tui, harper-comments. When high-quality crates choose tree-sitter-lua, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
9K/day avg+197%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.0
80%
v0.0.19
8%
v0.4.1
7%
v0.1.0
3%
v0.0.14
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
829
crates depend on tree-sitter-lua

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