Decision Workspace
august vs readability-rs vs html-to-markdown-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
august
growingv2.4.0
A crate & program for converting HTML to plain text.
36
readability-rs
growingv0.5.0
Port of arc90's readability project to rust
69
html-to-markdown-rs
experimentalv2.30.0
High-performance HTML to Markdown converter using the astral-tl parser. Part of the Kreuzberg ecosystem.
Core Metrics
| august | readability-rs | html-to-markdown-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 36 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 92.8K | 3.6K | 143.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 133 | 293 | 66.9K |
| Dependents | 13 | 1 | 209 |
| Releases | 6 | 2 | 100 |
| Last Updated | 2127d ago | 465d ago | today |
| Age | 7y 3m | 1y 3m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
august
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
readability-rs
Maintenance
6
Quality
7
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
html-to-markdown-rs
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| august | readability-rs | html-to-markdown-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.0 | 0.5.0 | 2.30.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 13KB | 236KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •html-to-markdown-rs leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •html-to-markdown-rs is depended on by 209 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ august, readability-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •readability-rs is pre-1.0 — API may change.