Decision Workspace
backup-deduplicator vs dedup-cli vs minty
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
backup-deduplicator
growingv0.3.0
A tool to deduplicate backups. It builds a hash tree of all files and folders in the target directory. Optionally also traversing into archives like zip or tar files. The hash tree is then used to find duplicate files and folders.
44
dedup-cli
experimentalv0.3.1
An extremely fast and efficient duplicate file finder
38
minty
growingv2.0.3
Extremely fast file deduplication app written in rust using parrellism with a rust gui.
Core Metrics
| backup-deduplicator | dedup-cli | minty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 44 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 4.3K | 98 | 6.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 715d ago | 85d ago | 1438d ago |
| Age | 1y 12m | 2m | 3y 11m |
Health Breakdown
backup-deduplicator
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
dedup-cli
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
minty
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| backup-deduplicator | dedup-cli | minty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 2.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 12 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 50KB | 27KB | 1.1MB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •dedup-cli leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minty has the most downloads (6.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ backup-deduplicator, minty have not been updated in over a year.
- •backup-deduplicator, dedup-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.