Decision Workspace
fast-cjson vs cjson-bindings vs smoljson
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
fast-cjson
experimentalv0.1.0
serde_json Formatter to serialize as OLPC-style canonical JSON
57
cjson-bindings
experimentalv0.6.4
Safe Rust bindings for the cJSON library - a lightweight JSON parser in C with support for JSON Pointer (RFC6901), JSON Patch (RFC6902), and JSON Merge Patch (RFC7386)
43
smoljson
growingv0.1.1
Minimal
Core Metrics
| fast-cjson | cjson-bindings | smoljson | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 57 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 379 | 105 | 16.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 31 | 230 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 204d ago | 1d ago | 1726d ago |
| Age | 6m | 3m | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
fast-cjson
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
2
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
cjson-bindings
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
smoljson
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| fast-cjson | cjson-bindings | smoljson | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.4 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | LGPL-2.1-or-later | Apache-2.0 OR MIT OR Zlib |
| Dependencies | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 35KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cjson-bindings leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smoljson has the most downloads (16.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ smoljson has not been updated in over a year.