Decision Workspace
claude-cellar vs squeez vs rargz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
claude-cellar
experimentalv0.3.0
Transparent zstd compression for Claude Code session bundles via FUSE (Linux)
54
squeez
experimentalv1.37.1
Hook-based token compressor for 5 AI CLI hosts (Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI). Up to 95% bash compression, signature-mode for code reads, cross-call dedup, MCP server, self-teaching protocol. Zero runtime deps.
51
rargz
experimentalv0.1.5
Fast parallel tar + zstd archiver and extractor with optional chunked format.
Core Metrics
| claude-cellar | squeez | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 84 | 1.1K | 159 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 68 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 79d ago | today | 249d ago |
| Age | 2m | 3m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
claude-cellar
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
squeez
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rargz
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| claude-cellar | squeez | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 1.37.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 36KB | 1.7MB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •squeez leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •claude-cellar, rargz are pre-1.0 — API may change.