Decision Workspace
COXave vs widestring vs rgb-ascii-armor
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
COXave
growingv1.0.8
Instruments for codings
63
widestring
growingv1.2.1
A wide string Rust library for converting to and from wide strings, such as those often used in Windows API or other FFI libaries. Both `u16` and `u32` string types are provided, including support for UTF-16 and UTF-32, malformed encoding, C-style strings, etc.
60
rgb-ascii-armor
experimentalv1.0.1
ASCII Armor: binary to text encoding library and command-line utility
Core Metrics
| COXave | widestring | rgb-ascii-armor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 63 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 11.8K | 71.9M | 2.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 4.6M | 1.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.5K | 7 |
| Releases | 14 | 18 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 405d ago | 170d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 10y 2m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
COXave
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
widestring
Maintenance
9
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
rgb-ascii-armor
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| COXave | widestring | rgb-ascii-armor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.8 | 1.2.1 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 2.3MB | 90KB | 19KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 92.9% | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.67.0 | 1.58 | 1.82.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •widestring leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •widestring is depended on by 2.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ COXave has not been updated in over a year.