Decision Workspace
cervine vs flex vs serde
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
cervine
growingv0.0.6
A slightly more flexible Cow; roughly to T: Borrow<R> as alloc::borrow::Cow is to B: ToOwned
48
flex
experimentalv0.2.0
Flexible borrowing and ownership for Rust
76
serde
growingv1.0.228
A generic serialization/deserialization framework
Core Metrics
| cervine | flex | serde | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 48 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 38.1K | 42 | 893.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 479 | 5 | 54.6M |
| Dependents | 54 | 0 | 897.9K |
| Releases | 6 | 2 | 315 |
| Last Updated | 2013d ago | 73d ago | 181d ago |
| Age | 5y 7m | 2m | 11y 3m |
Health Breakdown
cervine
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
flex
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
14
serde
Maintenance
11
Quality
22
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| cervine | flex | serde | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.6 | 0.2.0 | 1.0.228 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 9KB | 84KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •serde leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serde is depended on by 897.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cervine has not been updated in over a year.
- •cervine, flex are pre-1.0 — API may change.