Decision Workspace
crabz vs gzp vs gzippy
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
crabz
growingv0.10.0
Parallel Compression
61
gzp
growingv2.0.2
Parallel Compression
47
gzippy
experimentalv0.8.0
The fastest parallel gzip. Drop-in replacement for gzip and pigz, and a Rust library.
Core Metrics
| crabz | gzp | gzippy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 61 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 49.4K | 1.7M | 66 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 119.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 640 | 0 |
| Releases | 33 | 29 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 796d ago | 187d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 4y 9m | 4y 9m | 11d |
Health Breakdown
crabz
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
gzp
Maintenance
11
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
gzippy
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| crabz | gzp | gzippy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.0 | 2.0.2 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Unlicense/MIT | Unlicense/MIT | Zlib |
| Dependencies | 12 | 15 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 55KB | 2.1MB | 409KB |
| Features | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gzp leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •gzp is depended on by 640 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ crabz has not been updated in over a year.
- •crabz, gzippy are pre-1.0 — API may change.