Decision Workspace
badges vs tokmd-badge vs shields
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
badges
growingv0.3.2
A pure Rust library for generating SVG badges with an included binary
56
tokmd-badge
experimentalv1.9.0
SVG badge rendering helpers for tokmd metrics.
48
shields
growingv1.1.1
High-performance Rust badge rendering engine, compatible with shields.io
Core Metrics
| badges | tokmd-badge | shields | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 56 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 4.7K | 192 | 6.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 1337d ago | 107d ago | 358d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 4m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
badges
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
tokmd-badge
Maintenance
16
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
shields
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| badges | tokmd-badge | shields | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 1.9.0 | 1.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 396KB | 39KB | 322KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tokmd-badge leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shields has the most downloads (6.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ badges has not been updated in over a year.
- •badges is pre-1.0 — API may change.