Decision Workspace
desmond vs rrule vs calico
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
desmond
growingv0.1.0
A Markdown to iCalendar converter.
57
rrule
growingv0.14.0
A pure Rust implementation of recurrence rules as defined in the iCalendar RFC.
50
calico
experimentalv0.5.0
A parser, printer, and data model for iCalendar.
Core Metrics
| desmond | rrule | calico | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 57 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 500.3K | 419 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 35.5K | 40 |
| Dependents | 0 | 133 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 43 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1687d ago | 341d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 4y 7m | 5y 5m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
desmond
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
rrule
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
calico
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| desmond | rrule | calico | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.14.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 9 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 75KB | 92KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rrule leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rrule is depended on by 133 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ desmond has not been updated in over a year.