Decision Workspace
hardy-cbor vs cbor2 vs minicbor
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
hardy-cbor
experimentalv1.0.0
RFC 8949 compliant canonical CBOR encoder/decoder
61
cbor2
experimentalv1.1.3
Full-featured CBOR (RFC 8949) for serde: async item I/O, canonical encoding, no_std, Value/RawValue, simple values, tags, COSE keys, well-formedness checks and diagnostics.
67
minicbor
stablev2.2.2
A small CBOR codec suitable for no_std environments.
Core Metrics
| hardy-cbor | cbor2 | minicbor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 61 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 355 | 1.5K | 10.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 867 | 1.0M |
| Dependents | 3 | 124 | 2.0K |
| Releases | 1 | 12 | 69 |
| Last Updated | 87d ago | 9d ago | 57d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
hardy-cbor
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
cbor2
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
minicbor
Maintenance
16
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| hardy-cbor | cbor2 | minicbor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 1.1.3 | 2.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | BlueOak-1.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 208KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •minicbor leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minicbor is depended on by 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.