Decision Workspace
cbor vs dcbor vs bc-ur
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
cbor
growingv0.4.1
CBOR (binary JSON) with type based decoding and encoding.
68
dcbor
growingv0.25.2
Deterministic CBOR ("dCBOR") for Rust.
67
bc-ur
growingv0.19.1
Uniform Resources (UR) for Rust.
Core Metrics
| cbor | dcbor | bc-ur | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 68 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 217.0K | 95.7K | 73.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 796 | 8.7K | 6.4K |
| Dependents | 213 | 458 | 326 |
| Releases | 34 | 60 | 36 |
| Last Updated | 2803d ago | 11d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 11y 1m | 3y 1m | 2y 9m |
Health Breakdown
cbor
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
dcbor
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
bc-ur
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| cbor | dcbor | bc-ur | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.25.2 | 0.19.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Unlicense/MIT | BSD-2-Clause-Patent | BSD-2-Clause-Patent |
| Dependencies | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 185KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •dcbor leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cbor has the most downloads (217.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •dcbor is depended on by 458 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cbor has not been updated in over a year.