Decision Workspace
css-purify vs html5ever vs scraper
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
css-purify
growingv0.0.15
css-purify works a little like [https://github.com/purifycss/purifycss](purifycss) to strip out unused CSS.
74
html5ever
growingv0.39.0
High-performance browser-grade HTML5 parser
67
scraper
growingv0.26.0
HTML parsing and querying with CSS selectors
Core Metrics
| css-purify | html5ever | scraper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 74 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 24.6K | 50.1M | 15.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 5.4M | 1.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.3K | 7.1K |
| Releases | 16 | 75 | 37 |
| Last Updated | 3035d ago | 14d ago | 10d ago |
| Age | 8y 4m | 10y 9m | 10y 2m |
Health Breakdown
css-purify
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
html5ever
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
scraper
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| css-purify | html5ever | scraper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.15 | 0.39.0 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 82KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 6 (team) | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •html5ever leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •scraper is depended on by 7.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ css-purify has not been updated in over a year.