Decision Workspace
fin-primitives vs lob vs dbn
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
fin-primitives
experimentalv2.12.0
Financial market primitives: validated types, order book, OHLCV aggregation, 550+ streaming technical indicators, position ledger, and risk monitoring.
35
lob
growingv0.1.0
Limit OrderBook
61
dbn
growingv0.52.0
Library for working with Databento Binary Encoding (DBN)
Core Metrics
| fin-primitives | lob | dbn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 35 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 151 | 1.3K | 517.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 151 | 3 | 33.5K |
| Dependents | 7 | 0 | 172 |
| Releases | 8 | 1 | 83 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 548d ago | 10d ago |
| Age | 20d | 1y 6m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
fin-primitives
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
lob
Maintenance
2
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
dbn
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| fin-primitives | lob | dbn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.12.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.52.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 760KB | 14KB | 177KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •dbn leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •dbn is depended on by 172 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lob has not been updated in over a year.
- •lob, dbn are pre-1.0 — API may change.