Decision Workspace
bele vs byteorder vs bitstream-io
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
bele
growingv0.9.0
Big-Endian Little-Endian
66
byteorder
growingv1.5.0
Library for reading/writing numbers in big-endian and little-endian.
63
bitstream-io
growingv4.9.0
Library for reading/writing un-aligned values from/to streams in big-endian and little-endian formats.
Core Metrics
| bele | byteorder | bitstream-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 66 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 23.8K | 534.5M | 25.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 19 | 34.5M | 3.1M |
| Dependents | 0 | 52.9K | 641 |
| Releases | 15 | 58 | 56 |
| Last Updated | 1181d ago | 904d ago | 182d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 11y 1m | 9y 1m |
Health Breakdown
bele
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
byteorder
Maintenance
6
Quality
22
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
bitstream-io
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| bele | byteorder | bitstream-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 1.5.0 | 4.9.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later | Unlicense OR MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 23KB | 65KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.4% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.83 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •byteorder leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •byteorder is depended on by 52.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bele, byteorder have not been updated in over a year.
- •bele is pre-1.0 — API may change.