Decision Workspace
ferroni vs regexr vs simdutf8
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
ferroni
experimentalv1.2.8
Pure-Rust Oniguruma regex engine with SIMD-accelerated search
47
regexr
experimentalv0.1.2
A high-performance regex engine built from scratch with JIT compilation and SIMD acceleration
58
simdutf8
growingv0.1.5
SIMD-accelerated UTF-8 validation.
Core Metrics
| ferroni | regexr | simdutf8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 47 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 198 | 862 | 107.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 125 | 490 | 10.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 2.5K |
| Releases | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 22d ago | 12d ago | 551d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 4y 11m |
Health Breakdown
ferroni
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
regexr
Maintenance
18
Quality
6
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
simdutf8
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| ferroni | regexr | simdutf8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.8 | 0.1.2 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 446KB | 1.2MB | 28KB |
| Features | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 36.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •simdutf8 leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •simdutf8 is depended on by 2.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ simdutf8 has not been updated in over a year.
- •regexr, simdutf8 are pre-1.0 — API may change.