Decision Workspace
cavs-plan vs xpatch vs bsdiff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
cavs-plan
experimentalv1.4.0
Offline reconstruction plans (.cavsplan): deterministic diff, portable patches and journaled applies for CAVS.
50
xpatch
experimentalv0.4.2
High-performance delta compression library with automatic algorithm selection
48
bsdiff
growingv0.2.1
Rust port of the bsdiff binary diffing algorithm.
Core Metrics
| cavs-plan | xpatch | bsdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 50 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 200 | 1.2K | 377.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 38.3K |
| Dependents | 11 | 2 | 78 |
| Releases | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 183d ago | 469d ago |
| Age | 7d | 7m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
cavs-plan
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
xpatch
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
bsdiff
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cavs-plan | xpatch | bsdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 | 0.4.2 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-or-later | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 105KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.59 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •cavs-plan leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bsdiff has the most downloads (377.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ bsdiff has not been updated in over a year.
- •xpatch, bsdiff are pre-1.0 — API may change.