Decision Workspace
difflib vs prettydiff vs difference
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
difflib
growingv0.4.0
Port of Python's difflib library to Rust.
59
prettydiff
growingv0.9.0
Side-by-side diff for two files
58
difference
growingv2.0.0
A Rust text diffing and assertion library.
Core Metrics
| difflib | prettydiff | difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 95.4M | 5.1M | 33.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 6.4M | 330.6K | 1.3M |
| Dependents | 531 | 644 | 2.8K |
| Releases | 5 | 23 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2805d ago | 169d ago | 2985d ago |
| Age | 10y | 7y 2m | 10y 6m |
Health Breakdown
difflib
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
prettydiff
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
difference
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| difflib | prettydiff | difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.9.0 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 93KB | 148KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •prettydiff leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •difflib has the most downloads (95.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •difference is depended on by 2.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ difflib, difference have not been updated in over a year.
- •difflib, prettydiff are pre-1.0 — API may change.