Decision Workspace
contractions vs whatlang vs human_name
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
contractions
growingv0.5.4
Contractions is a rust library to expand contractions in English.
58
whatlang
growingv0.18.0
Fast and lightweight language identification library for Rust.
57
human_name
growingv2.0.4
A library for parsing and comparing human names
Core Metrics
| contractions | whatlang | human_name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 58 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 34.2K | 2.0M | 3.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 189.9K | 180.8K |
| Dependents | 11 | 595 | 8 |
| Releases | 3 | 36 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 1826d ago | 221d ago | 590d ago |
| Age | 5y | 9y 5m | 10y 3m |
Health Breakdown
contractions
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
whatlang
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
human_name
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| contractions | whatlang | human_name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.4 | 0.18.0 | 2.0.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 83KB | 163KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.52 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whatlang leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •human_name has the most downloads (3.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •whatlang is depended on by 595 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ contractions, human_name have not been updated in over a year.
- •contractions, whatlang are pre-1.0 — API may change.