Decision Workspace
escapist vs htmlize vs html-escape
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
escapist
growingv0.0.2
This library is a minimal library for escaping HTML and href attributes; it can also unescape HTML.
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
| escapist | htmlize | html-escape | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 57 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2K | 1.9M | 22.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 260 | 566.7K | 2.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 82 | 4.8K |
| Releases | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 1187d ago | 335d ago | 1190d ago |
| Age | 3y 3m | 6y 3m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
escapist
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
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
| escapist | htmlize | html-escape | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 1.0.6 | 0.2.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 73KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 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.
- •⚠ escapist, html-escape have not been updated in over a year.
- •escapist, html-escape are pre-1.0 — API may change.