Decision Workspace
esbuild-rs vs minifier vs minify-js
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
esbuild-rs
growingv0.13.8
Rust wrapper for esbuild, an extremely fast JS minifier written in Go
58
minifier
growingv0.3.6
Minifier tool/lib for JS/CSS/JSON files
53
minify-js
growingv0.6.0
Extremely fast JavaScript minifier
Core Metrics
| esbuild-rs | minifier | minify-js | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 58 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 34.8K | 4.1M | 897.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 323 | 125.2K | 42.8K |
| Dependents | 66 | 727 | 369 |
| Releases | 18 | 55 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 1616d ago | 288d ago | 824d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 8y 11m | 3y 9m |
Health Breakdown
esbuild-rs
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
minifier
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
minify-js
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| esbuild-rs | minifier | minify-js | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.8 | 0.3.6 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 613KB | 71KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •minifier leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minifier is depended on by 727 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ esbuild-rs, minify-js have not been updated in over a year.