Decision Workspace
fastar vs rargz vs lscolors
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
fastar
growingv0.2.0
Fast tar archive creation for HDDs
53
rargz
experimentalv0.1.5
Fast parallel tar + zstd archiver and extractor with optional chunked format.
61
lscolors
growingv0.21.0
Colorize paths using the LS_COLORS environment variable
Core Metrics
| fastar | rargz | lscolors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 53 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 9.4K | 127 | 4.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 9 | 341.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 739 |
| Releases | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 1560d ago | 141d ago | 159d ago |
| Age | 8y 10m | 4m | 7y 3m |
Health Breakdown
fastar
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
rargz
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
lscolors
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| fastar | rargz | lscolors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.5 | 0.21.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 17KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.76.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lscolors leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lscolors is depended on by 739 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ fastar has not been updated in over a year.