Decision Workspace
byte-repr vs byteorder vs mem_dbg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
byte-repr
experimentalv0.2.0
A utility to inspect binary, little-endian, and big-endian memory representations of numbers.
66
byteorder
growingv1.5.0
Library for reading/writing numbers in big-endian and little-endian.
65
mem_dbg
growingv0.4.1
Traits and associated procedural macros to display recursively the layout and memory usage of a value
Core Metrics
| byte-repr | byteorder | mem_dbg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 66 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 534.5M | 221.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 33.4M | 17.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 52.9K | 171 |
| Releases | 2 | 58 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 351d ago | 904d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 11m | 11y 1m | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
byte-repr
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
byteorder
Maintenance
6
Quality
22
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
mem_dbg
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| byte-repr | byteorder | mem_dbg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.5.0 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 23KB | 67KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.5% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •byteorder leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •byteorder is depended on by 52.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ byteorder has not been updated in over a year.
- •byte-repr, mem_dbg are pre-1.0 — API may change.