Decision Workspace
cfile vs magic-sys vs base64-stream
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
cfile
growingv0.5.1
Rust bindings to C *FILE stream
64
magic-sys
growingv0.4.3
Declarations for the `libmagic` C library
60
base64-stream
stablev4.0.1
To encode/decode large data with the standard Base64 encoding.
Core Metrics
| cfile | magic-sys | base64-stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 64 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 17.8K | 2.1M | 312.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 52 | 438.0K | 13.0K |
| Dependents | 6 | 39 | 59 |
| Releases | 9 | 21 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 2332d ago | 6d ago | 124d ago |
| Age | 9y 11m | 11y 3m | 7y 5m |
Health Breakdown
cfile
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
magic-sys
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
base64-stream
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cfile | magic-sys | base64-stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.4.3 | 4.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 7KB | 6KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64 | 1.68 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •magic-sys leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ cfile has not been updated in over a year.
- •cfile, magic-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.