Decision Workspace
bz2zstd vs zstd-safe vs oxiarc-zstd
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
bz2zstd
experimentalv0.2.1
High-performance bzip2 to zstd converter
65
zstd-safe
growingv7.2.4
Safe low-level bindings for the zstd compression library.
64
oxiarc-zstd
experimentalv0.3.0
Pure Rust Zstandard (zstd) compression implementation for OxiArc
Core Metrics
| bz2zstd | zstd-safe | oxiarc-zstd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 93 | 294.3M | 10.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 20.7M | 4.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 722 | 189 |
| Releases | 3 | 54 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 81d ago | 431d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 5m | 8y 11m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
bz2zstd
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
zstd-safe
Maintenance
9
Quality
23
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
oxiarc-zstd
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| bz2zstd | zstd-safe | oxiarc-zstd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 7.2.4 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 29KB | 76KB |
| Features | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | 1.64 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zstd-safe leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •zstd-safe is depended on by 722 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ zstd-safe has not been updated in over a year.
- •bz2zstd, oxiarc-zstd are pre-1.0 — API may change.