Decision Workspace
async-tar vs astral-tokio-tar vs tar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
A Rust implementation of an async TAR file reader and writer. This library does not currently handle compression, but it is abstract over all I/O readers and writers. Additionally, great lengths are taken to ensure that the entire contents are never required to be entirely resident in memory all at once.
A Rust implementation of an async TAR file reader and writer. This library does not currently handle compression, but it is abstract over all I/O readers and writers. Additionally, great lengths are taken to ensure that the entire contents are never required to be entirely resident in memory all at once.
A Rust implementation of a TAR file reader and writer. This library does not currently handle compression, but it is abstract over all I/O readers and writers. Additionally, great lengths are taken to ensure that the entire contents are never required to be entirely resident in memory all at once.
Core Metrics
| async-tar | astral-tokio-tar | tar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 70 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 6.4M | 6.7M | 143.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 802.7K | 1.9M | 10.1M |
| Dependents | 331 | 223 | 24.3K |
| Releases | 11 | 8 | 80 |
| Last Updated | 63d ago | 4d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 6y 3m | 1y 1m | 11y 4m |
Health Breakdown
Technical Details
| async-tar | astral-tokio-tar | tar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.4.45 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 55KB | 66KB | 68KB |
| Features | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.83.0 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •astral-tokio-tar leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tar has the most downloads (143.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tar is depended on by 24.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.