Decision Workspace
hextazy vs edit vs scrawl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
hextazy
growingv0.8.5
A colorful hexadecimal editor
54
edit
growingv0.1.5
Open a file in the default text editor
52
scrawl
growingv2.0.0
Opens a user's preferred text editor so they can edit data inline and returns a Read-able struct for interactive CLI applications.
Core Metrics
| hextazy | edit | scrawl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 2.2K | 855.6K | 58.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 91.8K | 658 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.4K | 75 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 37d ago | 831d ago | 1150d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 6y 2m | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
hextazy
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
edit
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
scrawl
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| hextazy | edit | scrawl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.5 | 0.1.5 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | CC0-1.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 9KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •edit leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •edit is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ edit, scrawl have not been updated in over a year.
- •hextazy, edit are pre-1.0 — API may change.