Decision Workspace
bittern vs intaglio vs string-interner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
bittern
experimentalv1.0.1
A reference-counted arena for interning and deduplicating data
78
intaglio
stablev1.15.1
UTF-8 string and byte string interner and symbol table
65
string-interner
growingv0.20.0
Efficient string interner with minimal memory footprint and fast access to the underlying strings.
Core Metrics
| bittern | intaglio | string-interner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 78 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 60 | 1.4M | 30.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 82.6K | 1.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 91 | 2.4K |
| Releases | 4 | 27 | 35 |
| Last Updated | 81d ago | 1d ago | 25d ago |
| Age | 2m | 5y 11m | 9y 3m |
Health Breakdown
bittern
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
intaglio
Maintenance
18
Quality
22
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
string-interner
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bittern | intaglio | string-interner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 1.15.1 | 0.20.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 57KB | 33KB |
| Features | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.7% | 22.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71.1 | 1.85.0 | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •intaglio leads with a health score of 78/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •string-interner has the most downloads (30.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •string-interner is depended on by 2.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •string-interner is pre-1.0 — API may change.