Decision Workspace
club-kdl-compose vs arborium-kdl vs kdl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
club-kdl-compose
experimentalv0.11.1
Multi-file composition for KDL documents — resolves (include) directives into a single KdlDocument.
66
arborium-kdl
growingv2.18.1
KDL grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
64
kdl
stablev6.7.1
Document-oriented KDL parser and API. Allows formatting/whitespace/comment-preserving parsing and modification of KDL text.
Core Metrics
| club-kdl-compose | arborium-kdl | kdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 66 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 120 | 10.6K | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.9K | 89.5K |
| Dependents | 1 | 55 | 994 |
| Releases | 2 | 36 | 38 |
| Last Updated | 49d ago | 21d ago | 43d ago |
| Age | 1m | 7m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
club-kdl-compose
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
arborium-kdl
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
kdl
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| club-kdl-compose | arborium-kdl | kdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.1 | 2.18.1 | 6.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 49KB | 130KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.94 | 1.85 | 1.95 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-kdl leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kdl has the most downloads (1.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kdl is depended on by 994 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •club-kdl-compose is pre-1.0 — API may change.