Decision Workspace
cloudflare-zlib vs flate2 vs libdeflater
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
cloudflare-zlib
growingv0.2.10
Safe wrapper for Cloudflare's optimized zlib
79
flate2
stablev1.1.9
DEFLATE compression and decompression exposed as Read/BufRead/Write streams. Supports miniz_oxide and multiple zlib implementations. Supports zlib, gzip, and raw deflate streams.
66
libdeflater
stablev1.25.2
Bindings to libdeflate for DEFLATE (de)compression exposed as non-streaming buffer operations. Contains bindings for raw deflate, zlib, and gzip data.
Core Metrics
| cloudflare-zlib | flate2 | libdeflater | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 79 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 371.6K | 424.0M | 1.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.6K | 28.7M | 207.8K |
| Dependents | 17 | 55.6K | 359 |
| Releases | 10 | 77 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 895d ago | 52d ago | 47d ago |
| Age | 7y 4m | 11y 4m | 6y 6m |
Health Breakdown
cloudflare-zlib
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
flate2
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
libdeflater
Maintenance
16
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| cloudflare-zlib | flate2 | libdeflater | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.10 | 1.1.9 | 1.25.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT AND Zlib OR Apache-2.0 AND Zlib | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 83KB | 23KB |
| Features | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 90.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | 1.67.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flate2 leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flate2 is depended on by 55.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cloudflare-zlib has not been updated in over a year.
- •cloudflare-zlib is pre-1.0 — API may change.