Decision Workspace
biblatex vs bibiman vs autobib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
biblatex
growingv0.11.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
44
bibiman
growingv0.19.3
TUI for interacting with BibLaTeX databases
52
autobib
growingv0.6.1
An automatic bibliography generation tool.
Core Metrics
| biblatex | bibiman | autobib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 44 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6M | 10.6K | 2.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 253.4K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 262 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 19 | 20 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 242d ago | 124d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 1y 6m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
biblatex
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
bibiman
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
autobib
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| biblatex | bibiman | autobib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.0 | 0.19.3 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 7 | 29 | 34 |
| Crate Size | 98KB | 104KB | 183KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.94 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •biblatex leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •biblatex is depended on by 262 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.