Decision Workspace
candelabra vs gguf-rs vs shimmytok
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
candelabra
experimentalv0.1.3
Desktop-friendly GGUF LLaMA inference wrapper for Candle and Hugging Face Hub
56
gguf-rs
growingv0.1.7
GGUF file parser
52
shimmytok
experimentalv0.7.0
Pure Rust tokenizer for GGUF models with llama.cpp compatibility (SentencePiece + BPE + WPM + UGM + RWKV)
Core Metrics
| candelabra | gguf-rs | shimmytok | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 56 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 82 | 13.9K | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 82 | 654 | 215 |
| Dependents | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| Releases | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 21d ago | 40d ago | 73d ago |
| Age | 22d | 2y 2m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
candelabra
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
gguf-rs
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
shimmytok
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| candelabra | gguf-rs | shimmytok | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.1.7 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 14KB | 178KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gguf-rs leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.