Decision Workspace
bendy vs serde_bencoded vs serde_with
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
bendy
growingv0.6.1
A rust library for encoding and decoding bencode with enforced canonicalization rules.
34
serde_bencoded
growingv0.3.2
Yet another encoding/decoding library for bencode
75
serde_with
stablev3.18.0
Custom de/serialization functions for Rust's serde
Core Metrics
| bendy | serde_bencoded | serde_with | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 34 | 75 |
| Total Downloads | 637.7K | 15.8K | 227.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 25.4K | 132 | 16.9M |
| Dependents | 75 | 1 | 34.0K |
| Releases | 19 | 9 | 72 |
| Last Updated | 137d ago | 689d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 5y 3m | 8y 7m |
Health Breakdown
bendy
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
serde_bencoded
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
serde_with
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bendy | serde_bencoded | serde_with | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.3.2 | 3.18.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| Crate Size | 82KB | 24KB | 200KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| Yanked % | 5.3% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •serde_with leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serde_with is depended on by 34.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ serde_bencoded has not been updated in over a year.
- •bendy, serde_bencoded are pre-1.0 — API may change.