Decision Workspace
format-bom vs utf8-chars vs qpprint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
format-bom
growingv0.0.5
A tool for handling BOM mark from UTF-8 files
63
utf8-chars
stablev3.0.6
Char-by-char iterator and `read_char` method for `BufRead`.
55
qpprint
growingv0.4.0
Simple console printing/formatting.
Core Metrics
| format-bom | utf8-chars | qpprint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 63 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 5.7K | 352.4K | 7.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 31.6K | 79 |
| Dependents | 0 | 154 | 6 |
| Releases | 5 | 38 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 374d ago | 132d ago | 41d ago |
| Age | 2y 8m | 6y 6m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
format-bom
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
utf8-chars
Maintenance
12
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
qpprint
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| format-bom | utf8-chars | qpprint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 0BSD |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 7KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •utf8-chars leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •utf8-chars is depended on by 154 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ format-bom has not been updated in over a year.
- •format-bom, qpprint are pre-1.0 — API may change.