Decision Workspace
gnu-sort vs fcoreutils vs xort
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
gnu-sort
growingv1.0.5
High-performance Rust implementation of GNU sort with zero-copy operations, SIMD optimization, and parallel processing
44
fcoreutils
experimentalv0.22.0
High-performance GNU coreutils replacement with SIMD and parallelism
42
xort
experimentalv0.1.1
A fast, modern, parallel drop-in replacement for the Unix sort command
Core Metrics
| gnu-sort | fcoreutils | xort | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 44 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 959 | 1.3K | 36 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 65 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 305d ago | 121d ago | 22d ago |
| Age | 10m | 5m | 22d |
Health Breakdown
gnu-sort
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
fcoreutils
Maintenance
16
Quality
8
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
xort
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| gnu-sort | fcoreutils | xort | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.5 | 0.22.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 23 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 79KB | 2.2MB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gnu-sort leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fcoreutils has the most downloads (1.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •fcoreutils, xort are pre-1.0 — API may change.