Decision Workspace
anvil-region vs mca vs anvil-nbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
anvil-region
growingv0.8.1
Region file format storage for chunks.
60
mca
stablev2.1.2
Reader/Writer for Minecraft Region Files (.mca)
49
anvil-nbt
experimentalv0.2.0
A Rust library for parsing and encoding Minecraft's NBT and Anvil (.mca) formats.
Core Metrics
| anvil-region | mca | anvil-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 60 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 20.6K | 8.7K | 146 |
| 30d Downloads | 34 | 193 | 55 |
| Dependents | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Releases | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1532d ago | 13d ago | 64d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 1y 7m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
anvil-region
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
mca
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
anvil-nbt
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| anvil-region | mca | anvil-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 2.1.2 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 1.2MB | 32KB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mca leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •anvil-region has the most downloads (20.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ anvil-region has not been updated in over a year.
- •anvil-region, anvil-nbt are pre-1.0 — API may change.