Decision Workspace
diffimg vs havocompare vs similar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
diffimg
growingv2.1.0
Compute the amount of difference between two images
49
havocompare
growingv0.8.0
A flexible rule-based file and folder comparison tool and crate including nice html reporting. Compares CSVs, JSON, text files, pdf-texts and images.
68
similar
stablev3.1.1
A diff library for Rust
Core Metrics
| diffimg | havocompare | similar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 49 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 8.9K | 98.5K | 158.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.2K | 8.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 13.7K |
| Releases | 6 | 30 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 2183d ago | 350d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 3y 8m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
diffimg
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
havocompare
Maintenance
9
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
similar
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| diffimg | havocompare | similar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.0 | 0.8.0 | 3.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 33 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 66KB | 80KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •similar leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •similar is depended on by 13.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ diffimg has not been updated in over a year.
- •havocompare is pre-1.0 — API may change.