Decision Workspace
bare-config vs figment vs jason-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
bare-config
experimentalv0.2.0
The type-safe configuration authority for Rust. A pluggable framework for full CRUD operations across multiple backends with 'Parse, don't validate' philosophy.
56
figment
growingv0.10.19
A configuration library so con-free, it's unreal.
56
jason-rs
experimentalv1.1.0
A library for parsing Jason-like files into JSON, YAML, or TOML with support for inline file expansion.
Core Metrics
| bare-config | figment | jason-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 56 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 31 | 23.0M | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 2.0M | 53 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.5K | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 26 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 680d ago | 65d ago |
| Age | 1m | 5y 5m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
bare-config
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
figment
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
jason-rs
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| bare-config | figment | jason-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.10.19 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 44KB | 70KB | 55KB |
| Features | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •figment leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •figment is depended on by 4.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ figment has not been updated in over a year.
- •bare-config, figment are pre-1.0 — API may change.