Decision Workspace
bzip2 vs flate2 vs alloy-sol-types
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
66
bzip2
growingv0.6.1
Bindings to libbzip2 for bzip2 compression and decompression exposed as Reader/Writer streams.
79
flate2
stablev1.1.9
DEFLATE compression and decompression exposed as Read/BufRead/Write streams. Supports miniz_oxide and multiple zlib implementations. Supports zlib, gzip, and raw deflate streams.
78
alloy-sol-types
stablev1.5.7
Compile-time ABI and EIP-712 implementations
Core Metrics
| bzip2 | flate2 | alloy-sol-types | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 66 | 79 | 78 |
| Total Downloads | 108.1M | 424.0M | 14.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 8.5M | 28.7M | 1.3M |
| Dependents | 6.2K | 55.6K | 3.6K |
| Releases | 25 | 77 | 72 |
| Last Updated | 162d ago | 52d ago | 37d ago |
| Age | 11y 4m | 11y 4m | 2y 9m |
Health Breakdown
bzip2
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
flate2
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
alloy-sol-types
Maintenance
18
Quality
20
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| bzip2 | flate2 | alloy-sol-types | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 1.1.9 | 1.5.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 83KB | 79KB |
| Features | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.82.0 | 1.67.0 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 3 | 3 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •flate2 leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flate2 is depended on by 55.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •bzip2 is pre-1.0 — API may change.