Decision Workspace
fastnbt vs hematite-nbt vs na_nbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
62
fastnbt
stablev2.6.1
Serde deserializer for Minecraft's NBT format
52
hematite-nbt
growingv0.5.2
A full-featured library for working with Minecraft's Named Binary Tag (NBT) file format, including Serde support.
52
na_nbt
experimentalv0.2.1
High-performance NBT (Named Binary Tag) library with zero-copy parsing and serde support
Core Metrics
| fastnbt | hematite-nbt | na_nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 62 | 52 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 146.7K | 92.0K | 284 |
| 30d Downloads | 5.6K | 1.7K | 0 |
| Dependents | 184 | 139 | 4 |
| Releases | 42 | 8 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 71d ago | 1836d ago | 143d ago |
| Age | 6y | 10y 5m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
fastnbt
Maintenance
15
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
hematite-nbt
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
na_nbt
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| fastnbt | hematite-nbt | na_nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.6.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 73KB | 40KB | 450KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastnbt leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fastnbt is depended on by 184 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hematite-nbt has not been updated in over a year.
- •hematite-nbt, na_nbt are pre-1.0 — API may change.