Decision Workspace
anvil-nbt vs shen-nbt5 vs mcnbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
anvil-nbt
experimentalv0.2.0
A Rust library for parsing and encoding Minecraft's NBT and Anvil (.mca) formats.
49
shen-nbt5
growingv0.4.6
Just A FASSST NBT parser/writer
44
mcnbt
growingv2.0.0
Read and write NBT
Core Metrics
| anvil-nbt | shen-nbt5 | mcnbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 49 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 146 | 9.5K | 5.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 56 | 78 | 8 |
| Dependents | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 64d ago | 632d ago | 480d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2y | 2y 8m |
Health Breakdown
anvil-nbt
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
shen-nbt5
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
mcnbt
Maintenance
5
Quality
21
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| anvil-nbt | shen-nbt5 | mcnbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.4.6 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | non-standard | MIT |
| Dependencies | 19 | 2 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 21KB | 15KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •anvil-nbt leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shen-nbt5 has the most downloads (9.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ shen-nbt5, mcnbt have not been updated in over a year.
- •anvil-nbt, shen-nbt5 are pre-1.0 — API may change.