Decision Workspace
hercules vs oxipng vs good_lp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
hercules
growingv0.5.0
A Heuristics toolbox for QUBO in Rust
76
oxipng
stablev10.1.1
A lossless PNG compression optimizer
76
good_lp
stablev1.15.1
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.
Core Metrics
| hercules | oxipng | good_lp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 76 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 4.8K | 1.4M | 2.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 104.1K | 99.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 502 | 271 |
| Releases | 5 | 80 | 61 |
| Last Updated | 259d ago | 33d ago | 48d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 10y 2m | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
hercules
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
oxipng
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
good_lp
Maintenance
16
Quality
21
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| hercules | oxipng | good_lp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 10.1.1 | 1.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 14 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 148KB | 73KB | 67KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.1 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •oxipng leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •good_lp has the most downloads (2.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •oxipng is depended on by 502 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •hercules is pre-1.0 — API may change.