Decision Workspace
bioformats vs tiffwrite vs ome-metadata
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
bioformats
experimentalv0.1.7
Pure Rust translation of Bio-Formats — read/write scientific image formats
63
tiffwrite
stablev2026.6.0
Write BioFormats/ImageJ compatible tiffs with zstd compression in parallel.
60
ome-metadata
growingv0.5.0
Ome metadata as a rust/python structure.
Core Metrics
| bioformats | tiffwrite | ome-metadata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 63 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 158 | 11.0K | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Releases | 7 | 21 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 6d ago | 27d ago | 21d ago |
| Age | 3m | 1y 9m | 1y 2m |
Health Breakdown
bioformats
Maintenance
19
Quality
5
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
tiffwrite
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
ome-metadata
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bioformats | tiffwrite | ome-metadata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 2026.6.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 28 | 16 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 1.9MB | 35KB | 59KB |
| Features | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 85.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | 1.88.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tiffwrite leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bioformats, ome-metadata are pre-1.0 — API may change.