Decision Workspace
faster-beamer vs oak-tex vs biblatex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
30
faster-beamer
growingv0.1.7
An incremental compiler for LaTeX Beamer slides
59
oak-tex
experimentalv0.0.10
TeX/LaTeX document preparation system parser with support for typesetting commands and macros.
58
biblatex
growingv0.11.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
Core Metrics
| faster-beamer | oak-tex | biblatex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 30 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 13.7K | 297 | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 12 | 68 | 225.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| Releases | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 2186d ago | 4d ago | 183d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 5m | 5y 6m |
Health Breakdown
faster-beamer
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
oak-tex
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
biblatex
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| faster-beamer | oak-tex | biblatex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 0.0.10 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MPL-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 2.0MB | 37KB | 98KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oak-tex leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •biblatex has the most downloads (1.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •biblatex is depended on by 213 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ faster-beamer has not been updated in over a year.