Decision Workspace
dz6 vs goblin vs hexspell
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
dz6
experimentalv0.7.0
A vim-inspired, TUI-based hexadecimal editor
71
goblin
growingv0.10.7
An impish, cross-platform, ELF, Mach-o, and PE binary parsing and loading crate
58
hexspell
stablev1.0.0
Dependency-free Rust library for parsing and patching PE, ELF, and Mach-O executables with a 1:1 on-disk API
Core Metrics
| dz6 | goblin | hexspell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 71 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 696 | 59.1M | 4.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.0M | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.2K | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 66 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 64d ago | 47d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 8m | 10y 2m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
dz6
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
goblin
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
hexspell
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| dz6 | goblin | hexspell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 0.10.7 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 96KB | 271KB | 95KB |
| Features | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •goblin leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •goblin is depended on by 4.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •dz6, goblin are pre-1.0 — API may change.