Decision Workspace
easy-cast vs cove vs conv
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
easy-cast
growingv0.5.4
Type conversions which are expected to succeed
48
cove
growingv1.0.0
Casts Of Varying Elegance (COVE): extension traits for casting numerical types
49
conv
growingv0.3.3
This crate provides a number of conversion traits with more specific semantics than those provided by 'as' or 'From'/'Into'.
Core Metrics
| easy-cast | cove | conv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 48 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 6.0M | 10.5K | 16.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 274.1K | 7 | 399.7K |
| Dependents | 175 | 0 | 963 |
| Releases | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 127d ago | 642d ago | 3649d ago |
| Age | 5y | 2y 7m | 10y 7m |
Health Breakdown
easy-cast
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
cove
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
conv
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| easy-cast | cove | conv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.4 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 40KB | 22KB |
| Features | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 77.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | 1.79.0 | 1.56 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •easy-cast leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •conv has the most downloads (16.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •conv is depended on by 963 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cove, conv have not been updated in over a year.
- •easy-cast, conv are pre-1.0 — API may change.