Decision Workspace
bibparser vs biblatex vs tectonic
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
bibparser
growingv0.4.0
A parser for .bib files
65
biblatex
growingv0.12.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
59
tectonic
growingv0.16.9
A modernized, complete, embeddable TeX/LaTeX engine. Tectonic is forked from the XeTeX extension to the classic "Web2C" implementation of TeX and uses the TeXLive distribution of support files.
Core Metrics
| bibparser | biblatex | tectonic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 65 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 5.7K | 2.2M | 185.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 220.1K | 2.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 458 | 149 |
| Releases | 4 | 20 | 48 |
| Last Updated | 1459d ago | 38d ago | 87d ago |
| Age | 4y 5m | 5y 10m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
bibparser
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
biblatex
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
tectonic
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| bibparser | biblatex | tectonic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.12.0 | 0.16.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 7 | 42 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 102KB | 2.2MB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •biblatex leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •biblatex is depended on by 458 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bibparser has not been updated in over a year.