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email-encoding vs mailrs-rfc2047 vs mailrs-rfc2231
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
email-encoding
growingv0.4.1
Low level email encoding RFCs implementations
56
mailrs-rfc2047
experimentalv1.1.2
RFC 2047 MIME encoded-word decoder. Decodes =?charset?(B|Q)?text?= subjects + display names to UTF-8. Supports the full WHATWG Encoding charset set via encoding_rs (UTF-8, ISO-8859-*, Windows-*, ISO-2022-JP, Shift_JIS, EUC-KR, GB18030, …).
51
mailrs-rfc2231
experimentalv1.0.0
RFC 2231 MIME parameter encoder + decoder. Handles non-ASCII filenames in Content-Type / Content-Disposition (e.g. `filename*=UTF-8''…`). Pairs with mailrs-rfc2047 for the full MIME header encoding suite.
Core Metrics
| email-encoding | mailrs-rfc2047 | mailrs-rfc2231 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 56 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 10.7M | 747 | 634 |
| 30d Downloads | 860.7K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 32 | 6 | 5 |
| Releases | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 459d ago | 51d ago | 52d ago |
| Age | 4y 3m | 1m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
email-encoding
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
mailrs-rfc2047
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
mailrs-rfc2231
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| email-encoding | mailrs-rfc2047 | mailrs-rfc2231 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 24KB | 17KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.63 | — | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •email-encoding leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ email-encoding has not been updated in over a year.
- •email-encoding is pre-1.0 — API may change.