Decision Workspace
character-stream vs iter-read vs base64-stream
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
character-stream
growingv0.13.0
Helper data structures for reading UTF-8 characters from a stream.
60
iter-read
growingv1.1.0
A Read implementation for iterators over u8 and related types
60
base64-stream
stablev4.0.1
To encode/decode large data with the standard Base64 encoding.
Core Metrics
| character-stream | iter-read | base64-stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 18.2K | 7.6M | 312.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 48 | 603.7K | 13.0K |
| Dependents | 30 | 54 | 59 |
| Releases | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 1312d ago | 580d ago | 124d ago |
| Age | 3y 9m | 9y 11m | 7y 5m |
Health Breakdown
character-stream
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
iter-read
Maintenance
6
Quality
22
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
base64-stream
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| character-stream | iter-read | base64-stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 1.1.0 | 4.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 9KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.58 | 1.68 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •iter-read leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ character-stream, iter-read have not been updated in over a year.
- •character-stream is pre-1.0 — API may change.