Decision Workspace
chembasics vs opensmiles vs bigsmiles
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
chembasics
growingv0.1.2
Things for chemistry
53
opensmiles
experimentalv0.1.3
A SMILES parser following the OpenSMILES specification
53
bigsmiles
experimentalv0.1.3
A BigSMILES parser for polymer and macromolecule notation
Core Metrics
| chembasics | opensmiles | bigsmiles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 53 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 179 | 178 |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 109 | 120 |
| Dependents | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2248d ago | 24d ago | 24d ago |
| Age | 6y 1m | 1m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
chembasics
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
opensmiles
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
bigsmiles
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| chembasics | opensmiles | bigsmiles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 55KB | 19KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •opensmiles leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •chembasics has the most downloads (4.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ chembasics has not been updated in over a year.