Decision Workspace
hercules vs good_lp vs oxipng
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
hercules
growingv0.5.0
A Heuristics toolbox for QUBO in Rust
77
good_lp
stablev1.15.0
Mixed Integer Linear Programming for Rust, with an user-friendly API. This crate allows modeling LP problems, and lets you solve them with various solvers.
74
oxipng
stablev10.1.0
A lossless PNG compression optimizer
Core Metrics
| hercules | good_lp | oxipng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 77 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 4.8K | 2.7M | 1.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 229.2K | 111.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 255 | 423 |
| Releases | 5 | 60 | 79 |
| Last Updated | 200d ago | 36d ago | 61d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 5y 1m | 10y |
Health Breakdown
hercules
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
good_lp
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
oxipng
Maintenance
15
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| hercules | good_lp | oxipng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 1.15.0 | 10.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 12 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 148KB | 67KB | 74KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.1 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •good_lp leads with a health score of 77/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •oxipng is depended on by 423 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •hercules is pre-1.0 — API may change.