Decision Workspace
examine vs sherlock-io vs linguist
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
examine
experimentalv0.2.0
Simple project detection and analysis - just pass a path and get project info
47
sherlock-io
growingv1.2.0
SherlockIO - Language detection CLI tool
55
linguist
experimentalv0.1.9
Programming language detection library based on Github Linguist.
Core Metrics
| examine | sherlock-io | linguist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 47 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 926 | 1.1K | 4.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 27 | 2.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 288d ago | 198d ago | 26d ago |
| Age | 9m | 6m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
examine
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
sherlock-io
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
linguist
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| examine | sherlock-io | linguist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.2.0 | 0.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 70KB | 78KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •linguist leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •examine, linguist are pre-1.0 — API may change.