Decision Workspace
dylink vs libloading vs libloader
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
dylink
growingv0.10.0
Run-time dynamic linking loader utilities
64
libloading
growingv0.9.0
Bindings around the platform's dynamic library loading primitives with greatly improved memory safety.
42
libloader
growingv0.1.4
A easy-to-use dll loader for rust that based on libloading
Core Metrics
| dylink | libloading | libloader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 64 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 19.5K | 329.6M | 14.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 21.9M | 96 |
| Dependents | 0 | 11.7K | 5 |
| Releases | 15 | 41 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 801d ago | 142d ago | 1292d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 10y 4m | 3y 6m |
Health Breakdown
dylink
Maintenance
6
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
libloading
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
libloader
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| dylink | libloading | libloader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 34KB | 170KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 66.7% | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libloading leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libloading is depended on by 11.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dylink, libloader have not been updated in over a year.