Decision Workspace
bgzip vs deflate vs bgzf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
bgzip
growingv0.3.1
Rust implementation of bgzip
60
deflate
growingv1.0.0
A DEFLATE, zlib and gzip encoder written in Rust.
58
bgzf
growingv0.3.0
Utility library for working with explicitly BGZF compressed data
Core Metrics
| bgzip | deflate | bgzf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 60 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 148.6K | 27.6M | 7.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 5.6K | 1.1M | 1.4K |
| Dependents | 198 | 482 | 9 |
| Releases | 9 | 38 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 1137d ago | 1598d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 7y 6m | 9y 6m | 4y |
Health Breakdown
bgzip
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
deflate
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
bgzf
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| bgzip | deflate | bgzf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 3 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 63KB | 11KB |
| Features | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 23.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •deflate leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •deflate is depended on by 482 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bgzip, deflate have not been updated in over a year.
- •bgzip, bgzf are pre-1.0 — API may change.