Decision Workspace
chisel-lexers vs flexar vs sentience-tokenize
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
chisel-lexers
growingv1.1.0
Chisel backend lexers/scanners
52
flexar
growingv1.2.6
An extremely flexible lexer/parser (get it?) for writing your own programming language
52
sentience-tokenize
experimentalv0.2.3
Tiny Rust zero-dep tokenizer (ident, number, string, parens, operators, keywords).
Core Metrics
| chisel-lexers | flexar | sentience-tokenize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 52 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.0K | 40.6K | 2.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 87 | 10 |
| Dependents | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 35 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 879d ago | 829d ago | 210d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 2y 6m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
chisel-lexers
Maintenance
5
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
flexar
Maintenance
7
Quality
21
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
sentience-tokenize
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| chisel-lexers | flexar | sentience-tokenize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 | 1.2.6 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 7.4MB | 20KB | 18KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 85.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.56 | — | 1.81 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flexar leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ chisel-lexers, flexar have not been updated in over a year.
- •sentience-tokenize is pre-1.0 — API may change.