Decision Workspace
fastnbt vs na_nbt vs hematite-nbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
65
fastnbt
stablev2.6.1
Serde deserializer for Minecraft's NBT format
54
na_nbt
experimentalv0.2.1
High-performance NBT (Named Binary Tag) library with zero-copy parsing and serde support
52
hematite-nbt
growingv0.5.2
A full-featured library for working with Minecraft's Named Binary Tag (NBT) file format, including Serde support.
Core Metrics
| fastnbt | na_nbt | hematite-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 65 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 135.5K | 171 | 88.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 5.6K | 57 | 3.1K |
| Dependents | 178 | 4 | 138 |
| Releases | 42 | 6 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 84d ago | 1777d ago |
| Age | 5y 10m | 3m | 10y 3m |
Health Breakdown
fastnbt
Maintenance
18
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
na_nbt
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
hematite-nbt
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| fastnbt | na_nbt | hematite-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.6.1 | 0.2.1 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 73KB | 450KB | 40KB |
| Features | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastnbt leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fastnbt is depended on by 178 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hematite-nbt has not been updated in over a year.
- •na_nbt, hematite-nbt are pre-1.0 — API may change.