Decision Workspace
ascii-armor vs rgb-ascii-armor vs COXave
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
ascii-armor
growingv0.9.0
ASCII Armor: binary to text encoding library and command-line utility
60
rgb-ascii-armor
experimentalv1.0.1
ASCII Armor: binary to text encoding library and command-line utility
44
COXave
growingv1.0.8
Instruments for codings
Core Metrics
| ascii-armor | rgb-ascii-armor | COXave | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 60 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 85.5K | 2.7K | 11.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.9K | 1.4K | 5 |
| Dependents | 46 | 7 | 0 |
| Releases | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 496d ago | 7d ago | 405d ago |
| Age | 2y | 4m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
ascii-armor
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
rgb-ascii-armor
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
COXave
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| ascii-armor | rgb-ascii-armor | COXave | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 19KB | 2.3MB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76.0 | 1.82.0 | 1.67.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rgb-ascii-armor leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ascii-armor has the most downloads (85.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ascii-armor, COXave have not been updated in over a year.
- •ascii-armor is pre-1.0 — API may change.