Decision Workspace
article-extractor vs article_scraper vs readabilityrs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
article-extractor
growingv1.0.4
Extract articles from HTML.
53
article_scraper
stablev2.3.1
Scrap article contents from the web. Powered by fivefilters full text feed configurations & mozilla readability.
53
readabilityrs
experimentalv0.1.3
A Rust port of Mozilla's Readability library for extracting article content from web pages
Core Metrics
| article-extractor | article_scraper | readabilityrs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 53 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 5.3K | 51.5K | 181.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.5K | 87.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 32 | 19 |
| Releases | 5 | 19 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 362d ago | 85d ago | 50d ago |
| Age | 1y 7m | 6y | 6m |
Health Breakdown
article-extractor
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
article_scraper
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
readabilityrs
Maintenance
18
Quality
9
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| article-extractor | article_scraper | readabilityrs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 | 2.3.1 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 18 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 432KB | 516KB | 5.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •article_scraper leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •readabilityrs has the most downloads (181.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •readabilityrs is pre-1.0 — API may change.