Decision Workspace
gzippy vs gzp vs deflate
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
gzippy
experimentalv0.8.0
The fastest parallel gzip. Drop-in replacement for gzip and pigz, and a Rust library.
61
gzp
growingv2.0.2
Parallel Compression
60
deflate
growingv1.0.0
A DEFLATE, zlib and gzip encoder written in Rust.
Core Metrics
| gzippy | gzp | deflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 61 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 66 | 1.7M | 30.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 119.8K | 1.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 640 | 499 |
| Releases | 2 | 29 | 38 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 187d ago | 1657d ago |
| Age | 11d | 4y 9m | 9y 8m |
Health Breakdown
gzippy
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
gzp
Maintenance
11
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
deflate
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| gzippy | gzp | deflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 2.0.2 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Zlib | Unlicense/MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 19 | 15 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 409KB | 2.1MB | 63KB |
| Features | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.5% | 23.7% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •gzp leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •deflate has the most downloads (30.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •gzp is depended on by 640 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ deflate has not been updated in over a year.
- •gzippy is pre-1.0 — API may change.