Decision Workspace
bittern vs intaglio vs string-interner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
bittern
experimentalv1.0.1
A reference-counted arena for interning and deduplicating data
77
intaglio
stablev1.13.2
UTF-8 string and byte string interner and symbol table
54
string-interner
growingv0.19.0
Efficient string interner with minimal memory footprint and fast access to the underlying strings.
Core Metrics
| bittern | intaglio | string-interner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 77 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 58 | 1.2M | 27.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 58 | 182.2K | 1.6M |
| Dependents | 0 | 84 | 2.1K |
| Releases | 4 | 23 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 22d ago | 11d ago | 409d ago |
| Age | 22d | 5y 9m | 9y 1m |
Health Breakdown
bittern
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
3
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
intaglio
Maintenance
17
Quality
22
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
string-interner
Maintenance
7
Quality
12
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| bittern | intaglio | string-interner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 1.13.2 | 0.19.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 40KB | 32KB |
| Features | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.3% | 23.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71.1 | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •intaglio leads with a health score of 77/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •string-interner has the most downloads (27.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •string-interner is depended on by 2.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ string-interner has not been updated in over a year.
- •string-interner is pre-1.0 — API may change.