Decision Workspace
api_claude vs former vs former_types
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
api_claude
experimentalv0.7.1
Claude API for accessing Anthropic's large language models (LLMs).
72
former
stablev2.51.1
A flexible implementation of the Builder pattern supporting nested builders and collection-specific subformers. Simplify the construction of complex objects.
72
former_types
stablev2.42.1
A flexible implementation of the Builder pattern supporting nested builders and collection-specific subformers. Its compile-time structures and traits that are not generated but reused.
Core Metrics
| api_claude | former | former_types | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 72 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 660 | 234.0K | 70.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 6.8K | 6.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 278 | 150 |
| Releases | 7 | 79 | 42 |
| Last Updated | 26d ago | 13d ago | 13d ago |
| Age | 8m | 4y 7m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
api_claude
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
former
Maintenance
18
Quality
22
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
former_types
Maintenance
18
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| api_claude | former | former_types | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 2.51.1 | 2.42.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 277KB | 294KB | 42KB |
| Features | 31 | 10 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •former leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •former is depended on by 278 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •api_claude is pre-1.0 — API may change.