Decision Workspace
gchemol-readwrite vs chemfiles vs extxyz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
gchemol-readwrite
growingv0.1.12
Reading/writing chemical objects for gchemol
45
chemfiles
growingv0.10.41
Modern library for chemistry trajectories reading and writing
44
extxyz
growingv0.2.0
A parser for files in the extended xyz format
Core Metrics
| gchemol-readwrite | chemfiles | extxyz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 45 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 33.4K | 112.7K | 14.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 258 | 1.4K | 3.0K |
| Dependents | 15 | 20 | 2 |
| Releases | 20 | 22 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 246d ago | 771d ago | 765d ago |
| Age | 6y 1m | 10y 5m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
gchemol-readwrite
Maintenance
9
Quality
8
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
chemfiles
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
extxyz
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| gchemol-readwrite | chemfiles | extxyz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.12 | 0.10.41 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 2 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 151KB | 37KB | 23KB |
| Features | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 10.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chemfiles leads with a health score of 45/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ chemfiles, extxyz have not been updated in over a year.