Decision Workspace
base4 vs byten vs codicon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
base4
experimentalv0.1.1
A portable base4 bit packing codec implementation.
52
byten
experimentalv0.0.13
A binary codec library for efficient encoding and decoding of data structures
51
codicon
growingv3.0.0
Traits for encoding and decoding
Core Metrics
| base4 | byten | codicon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0K | 539 | 917.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 19 | 43 | 38.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 64 |
| Releases | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 261d ago | 138d ago | 2027d ago |
| Age | 8m | 4m | 7y 5m |
Health Breakdown
base4
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
byten
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
codicon
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| base4 | byten | codicon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.0.13 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 22KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 15.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •byten leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •codicon has the most downloads (917.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ codicon has not been updated in over a year.
- •base4, byten are pre-1.0 — API may change.