Decision Workspace
casting vs cove vs easy-cast
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
casting
experimentalv0.1.1
CastFrom and CastInto traits for generic numeric casting
48
cove
growingv1.0.0
Casts Of Varying Elegance (COVE): extension traits for casting numerical types
60
easy-cast
growingv0.5.4
Type conversions which are expected to succeed
Core Metrics
| casting | cove | easy-cast | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 48 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 566 | 10.5K | 6.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 25 | 7 | 283.3K |
| Dependents | 6 | 0 | 175 |
| Releases | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 83d ago | 642d ago | 127d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2y 7m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
casting
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
cove
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
easy-cast
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| casting | cove | easy-cast | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.5.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 40KB | 18KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 77.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.56 | 1.56 | 1.79.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •easy-cast leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •easy-cast is depended on by 175 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cove has not been updated in over a year.
- •casting, easy-cast are pre-1.0 — API may change.