Decision Workspace
elfbin vs faerie vs elf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
elfbin
growingv0.4.0
Build ELF object files defining symbols with fixed binary data
48
faerie
growingv0.16.0
ELF and Mach-o native binary object file emitter
61
elf
growingv0.8.0
A pure-rust library for parsing ELF files
Core Metrics
| elfbin | faerie | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 48 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 5.4K | 456.9K | 6.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 10.7K | 486.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 122 | 995 |
| Releases | 4 | 27 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 1189d ago | 1944d ago | 318d ago |
| Age | 4y 8m | 9y 4m | 11y 2m |
Health Breakdown
elfbin
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
faerie
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
elf
Maintenance
6
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| elfbin | faerie | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.16.0 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 37KB | 97KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.81.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •elf leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •elf is depended on by 995 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ elfbin, faerie have not been updated in over a year.