Decision Workspace
hexspell vs goblin vs elf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
hexspell
growingv0.0.5
A open source lib to parse executables in Rust
74
goblin
growingv0.10.6
An impish, cross-platform, ELF, Mach-o, and PE binary parsing and loading crate
60
elf
growingv0.8.0
A pure-rust library for parsing ELF files
Core Metrics
| hexspell | goblin | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 74 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 4.3K | 51.2M | 7.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 4.2M | 657.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.9K | 1.0K |
| Releases | 5 | 65 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 291d ago | today | 377d ago |
| Age | 2y | 10y | 11y 4m |
Health Breakdown
hexspell
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
goblin
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
elf
Maintenance
5
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| hexspell | goblin | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 271KB | 97KB |
| Features | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.81.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •goblin leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •goblin is depended on by 3.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ elf has not been updated in over a year.