Decision Workspace
ferret vs text-span vs yagenerator
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
ferret
growingv1.1.1
A trigram-based tool for detecting similarity in groups of text documents or program code.
56
text-span
growingv2.1.0
Struct covering areas of text
41
yagenerator
growingv0.1.3
Application that uses tinytemplate engine to generate text files. If you have a set of structured data, and need to generated a bunch of arbitrary types of files from it, this tool can help you to save some time.
Core Metrics
| ferret | text-span | yagenerator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 56 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 4.3K | 1.6K | 5.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 24 | 7 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 854d ago | 144d ago | 1972d ago |
| Age | 5y 4m | 6m | 5y 4m |
Health Breakdown
ferret
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
text-span
Maintenance
12
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
yagenerator
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| ferret | text-span | yagenerator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 | 2.1.0 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 5KB | 187KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •text-span leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •yagenerator has the most downloads (5.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ferret, yagenerator have not been updated in over a year.
- •yagenerator is pre-1.0 — API may change.