Decision Workspace
flac-rs vs flac-codec vs flacenc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
flac-rs
experimentalv0.0.7
A rust wrap for libflac-sys for both encoding and decoding and metadata
59
flac-codec
growingv1.3.1
A comprehensive library for handling FLAC files
57
flacenc
growingv0.5.1
Pure rust library for embedding FLAC encoder in your application.
Core Metrics
| flac-rs | flac-codec | flacenc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 4.2K | 2.9K | 451.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 47 | 675 | 5.5K |
| Dependents | 26 | 5 | 98 |
| Releases | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 316d ago | 2d ago | 100d ago |
| Age | 11m | 8m | 3y 9m |
Health Breakdown
flac-rs
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
flac-codec
Maintenance
21
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
flacenc
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| flac-rs | flac-codec | flacenc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.7 | 1.3.1 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 51KB | 2.1MB | 244KB |
| Features | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flac-codec leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flacenc has the most downloads (451.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •flac-rs, flacenc are pre-1.0 — API may change.