Decision Workspace
glifo vs parley vs unicode-bidi
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
glifo
experimentalv0.1.0
Glifo provides APIs for efficiently rendering text.
69
parley
growingv0.9.0
Parley provides an API for implementing rich text layout.
63
unicode-bidi
growingv0.3.18
Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
Core Metrics
| glifo | parley | unicode-bidi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 69 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 2.3K | 1.1M | 405.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.3K | 251.8K | 24.4M |
| Dependents | 7 | 524 | 1.1K |
| Releases | 1 | 9 | 31 |
| Last Updated | 10d ago | 34d ago | 525d ago |
| Age | 10d | 2y | 10y 11m |
Health Breakdown
glifo
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
parley
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
unicode-bidi
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| glifo | parley | unicode-bidi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.3.18 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 14 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 53KB | 110KB | 58KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.47.0 |
| Owners | 5 | 6 | 6 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •parley leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •unicode-bidi has the most downloads (405.8M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •unicode-bidi is depended on by 1.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unicode-bidi has not been updated in over a year.