Decision Workspace
hematite-nbt vs na_nbt vs serde_nbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
hematite-nbt
growingv0.5.2
A full-featured library for working with Minecraft's Named Binary Tag (NBT) file format, including Serde support.
54
na_nbt
experimentalv0.2.1
High-performance NBT (Named Binary Tag) library with zero-copy parsing and serde support
38
serde_nbt
growingv0.1.1
A Serde library for Minecraft's Named Binary Tag (NBT) format.
Core Metrics
| hematite-nbt | na_nbt | serde_nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 54 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 88.2K | 171 | 5.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 3.1K | 57 | 22 |
| Dependents | 138 | 4 | 1 |
| Releases | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 1777d ago | 84d ago | 1282d ago |
| Age | 10y 3m | 3m | 3y 6m |
Health Breakdown
hematite-nbt
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
na_nbt
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
serde_nbt
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| hematite-nbt | na_nbt | serde_nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 450KB | 15KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 4 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •na_nbt leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hematite-nbt has the most downloads (88.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •hematite-nbt is depended on by 138 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hematite-nbt, serde_nbt have not been updated in over a year.