Decision Workspace
fawn vs human-units vs dcbor
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
fawn
experimentalv0.0.0
A storage format designed for forwards and backwards compatibility, specialized for cross-language RPC with a JIT.
67
human-units
growingv0.5.4
Units serialization and formatting library designed for configuration files and command line arguments
63
dcbor
growingv0.25.2
Deterministic CBOR ("dCBOR") for Rust.
Core Metrics
| fawn | human-units | dcbor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 67 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 56.1K | 130.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.9K | 7.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 69 | 463 |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 60 |
| Last Updated | 44d ago | 3d ago | 119d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 10m | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
fawn
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
human-units
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
dcbor
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| fawn | human-units | dcbor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.0 | 0.5.4 | 0.25.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | BSD-2-Clause-Patent |
| Dependencies | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 1KB | 29KB | 185KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.78 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •human-units leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •dcbor has the most downloads (130.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •dcbor is depended on by 463 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.