Decision Workspace
gdeflate vs flate2 vs miniz_oxide
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
gdeflate
growingv0.4.1
A library for compressing and decompressing the GDeflate format
79
flate2
stablev1.1.9
DEFLATE compression and decompression exposed as Read/BufRead/Write streams. Supports miniz_oxide and multiple zlib implementations. Supports zlib, gzip, and raw deflate streams.
68
miniz_oxide
growingv0.9.1
DEFLATE compression and decompression library rewritten in Rust based on miniz
Core Metrics
| gdeflate | flate2 | miniz_oxide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 79 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 11.2K | 424.0M | 589.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 78 | 29.6M | 38.8M |
| Dependents | 0 | 55.6K | 1.8K |
| Releases | 8 | 77 | 47 |
| Last Updated | 628d ago | 52d ago | 15d ago |
| Age | 2y 7m | 11y 4m | 8y 5m |
Health Breakdown
gdeflate
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
flate2
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
miniz_oxide
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| gdeflate | flate2 | miniz_oxide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 1.1.9 | 0.9.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Zlib OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 83KB | 71KB |
| Features | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 12.5% | 2.6% | 12.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.67.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flate2 leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •miniz_oxide has the most downloads (589.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •flate2 is depended on by 55.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ gdeflate has not been updated in over a year.
- •gdeflate, miniz_oxide are pre-1.0 — API may change.