Decision Workspace
blex vs alkale vs text-scanner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
blex
growingv0.2.2
A lightweight lexing framework
48
alkale
growingv2.0.0
A simple LL(1) lexer library for Rust.
45
text-scanner
growingv0.0.3
A UTF-8 char-oriented, zero-copy, text and code scanning library
Core Metrics
| blex | alkale | text-scanner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 48 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 5.8K | 5.4K | 6.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 28 | 8 | 184 |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1099d ago | 494d ago | 1001d ago |
| Age | 3y | 1y 6m | 2y 9m |
Health Breakdown
blex
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
alkale
Maintenance
8
Quality
21
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
text-scanner
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| blex | alkale | text-scanner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 2.0.0 | 0.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Zlib |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 86KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •alkale leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •text-scanner has the most downloads (6.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ blex, alkale, text-scanner have not been updated in over a year.
- •blex, text-scanner are pre-1.0 — API may change.