Decision Workspace
cow2 vs strloin vs tinystr
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
61
tinystr
growingv0.8.2
A small ASCII-only bounded length string representation.
Core Metrics
| cow2 | strloin | tinystr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 44 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 4.4K | 8.0K | 265.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 10 | 33.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 627 |
| Releases | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 300d ago | 390d ago | 150d ago |
| Age | 10m | 2y 6m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
cow2
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
strloin
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
tinystr
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| cow2 | strloin | tinystr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 | 0.3.0 | 0.8.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Unicode-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 6KB | 24KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 20.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.82 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tinystr leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tinystr is depended on by 627 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ strloin has not been updated in over a year.