Decision Workspace
dipa vs xpatch vs bsdiff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
dipa
growingv0.1.1
dipa makes it easy to efficiently delta encode large Rust data structures.
53
xpatch
experimentalv0.4.2
High-performance delta compression library with automatic algorithm selection
48
bsdiff
growingv0.2.1
Rust port of the bsdiff binary diffing algorithm.
Core Metrics
| dipa | xpatch | bsdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 53 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 5.9K | 206 | 181.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 18 | 35 | 14.7K |
| Dependents | 2 | 2 | 68 |
| Releases | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 1664d ago | 75d ago | 361d ago |
| Age | 4y 11m | 3m | 8y 9m |
Health Breakdown
dipa
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
xpatch
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
bsdiff
Maintenance
5
Quality
10
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| dipa | xpatch | bsdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-or-later | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 4 | 24 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 105KB | 6KB |
| Features | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.59 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •xpatch leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bsdiff has the most downloads (181.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ dipa has not been updated in over a year.