Decision Workspace
cow2 vs strloin vs beef
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
cow2
experimentalv0.2.6
Like Cow<B>, but B is covariant
44
strloin
growingv0.3.0
copy on write slices of a string
55
beef
growingv0.5.2
More compact Cow
Core Metrics
| cow2 | strloin | beef | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 44 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 4.4K | 8.0K | 56.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 5.7M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 768 |
| Releases | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 359d ago | 449d ago | 1459d ago |
| Age | 12m | 2y 8m | 6y 2m |
Health Breakdown
cow2
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
strloin
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
beef
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cow2 | strloin | beef | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 | 0.3.0 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 6KB | 15KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •beef leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •beef is depended on by 768 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ strloin, beef have not been updated in over a year.