Decision Workspace
hew vs inlay vs byten
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
hew
growingv0.2.4
Command line tool for converting binary data to and from hexadecimal
31
inlay
growingv0.3.2
CLI tool for encoding and decoding simple binary data structures
52
byten
experimentalv0.0.13
A binary codec library for efficient encoding and decoding of data structures
Core Metrics
| hew | inlay | byten | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 31 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.6K | 15.9K | 539 |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 13 | 44 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Releases | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 2516d ago | 2433d ago | 138d ago |
| Age | 6y 10m | 6y 11m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
hew
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
inlay
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
byten
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| hew | inlay | byten | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.3.2 | 0.0.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 326KB | 2.1MB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.4% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •byten leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •inlay has the most downloads (15.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ hew, inlay have not been updated in over a year.