Decision Workspace
entities vs htmlize vs html-escape
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
entities
growingv1.0.1
Provides the raw data needed to convert to and from HTML entities.
57
htmlize
growingv1.0.6
Encode and decode HTML entities in UTF-8 according to the standard
54
html-escape
growingv0.2.13
This library is for encoding/escaping special characters in HTML and decoding/unescaping HTML entities as well.
Core Metrics
| entities | htmlize | html-escape | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 57 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 4.1M | 1.9M | 22.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 550.0K | 588.9K | 2.6M |
| Dependents | 231 | 82 | 4.8K |
| Releases | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 1082d ago | 335d ago | 1190d ago |
| Age | 9y 3m | 6y 3m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
entities
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
htmlize
Maintenance
6
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
html-escape
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| entities | htmlize | html-escape | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 1.0.6 | 0.2.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 73KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •htmlize leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •html-escape has the most downloads (22.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •html-escape is depended on by 4.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ entities, html-escape have not been updated in over a year.
- •html-escape is pre-1.0 — API may change.