Decision Workspace
bibtex vs biblatex vs bibiman
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
bibtex
growingv0.0.1
A BibTex Parser/Serializer written in pure Rust.
58
biblatex
growingv0.11.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
46
bibiman
growingv0.19.3
TUI for interacting with BibLaTeX databases
Core Metrics
| bibtex | biblatex | bibiman | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 58 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 2.4K | 1.1M | 10.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 218.5K | 33 |
| Dependents | 0 | 213 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 3304d ago | 183d ago | 65d ago |
| Age | 9y | 5y 6m | 1y 4m |
Health Breakdown
bibtex
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
biblatex
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
bibiman
Maintenance
16
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| bibtex | biblatex | bibiman | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 0.11.0 | 0.19.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 98KB | 104KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 213 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bibtex has not been updated in over a year.