Decision Workspace
flexiber vs simple-tlv vs serde
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
flexiber
growingv0.2.0
Encoding and decoding of BER-TLV as described in ISO 7816-4, without allocations.
37
simple-tlv
growingv0.1.0
Encoding and decoding of SIMPLE-TLV as described in ISO 7816-4, without allocations.
76
serde
growingv1.0.228
A generic serialization/deserialization framework
Core Metrics
| flexiber | simple-tlv | serde | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 37 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 43.7K | 1.9K | 893.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.5K | 6 | 52.7M |
| Dependents | 8 | 0 | 897.9K |
| Releases | 5 | 1 | 315 |
| Last Updated | 182d ago | 1862d ago | 181d ago |
| Age | 4y 4m | 5y 1m | 11y 3m |
Health Breakdown
flexiber
Maintenance
9
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
simple-tlv
Maintenance
1
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
serde
Maintenance
11
Quality
22
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| flexiber | simple-tlv | serde | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.228 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 20KB | 84KB |
| Features | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •serde leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serde is depended on by 897.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ simple-tlv has not been updated in over a year.
- •flexiber, simple-tlv are pre-1.0 — API may change.