Decision Workspace
cnk vs infotheory vs entropy
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
cnk
experimentalv0.1.3
ID set compression primitives (delta+varint, Elias-Fano; bits-back ROC planned)
54
infotheory
experimentalv1.1.0
The algorithmic information theory library.
51
entropy
growingv0.4.3
Calculates the Shannon entropy of arrays of bytes and strings
Core Metrics
| cnk | infotheory | entropy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 210 | 340 | 221.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 158 | 67 | 10.1K |
| Dependents | 10 | 2 | 102 |
| Releases | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 2d ago | 63d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 8y 11m |
Health Breakdown
cnk
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
infotheory
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
entropy
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cnk | infotheory | entropy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 1.1.0 | 0.4.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 387KB | 9KB |
| Features | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •infotheory leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •entropy has the most downloads (221.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •entropy is depended on by 102 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •cnk, entropy are pre-1.0 — API may change.