Decision Workspace
holloman3 vs yara-x vs syara-x
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
holloman3
experimentalv3.0.0
Content fingerprinting via Hilbert curve mapping and Lanczos-3 downsampling. Produces compact 16-byte fingerprints for file identification, clustering, deduplication, and threat detection. AVX2-accelerated on x86_64. Zero dependencies. Used by the holloman YARA-X module.
66
yara-x
stablev1.19.0
A pure Rust implementation of YARA.
49
syara-x
experimentalv0.4.0
Super YARA — extends YARA-compatible rules with semantic, classifier, and LLM-based matching
Core Metrics
| holloman3 | yara-x | syara-x | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 66 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 26 | 429.2K | 172 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 45.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 156 | 4 |
| Releases | 1 | 41 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 28d ago | 19d ago | 64d ago |
| Age | 28d | 2y 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
holloman3
Maintenance
11
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
yara-x
Maintenance
21
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
syara-x
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| holloman3 | yara-x | syara-x | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.0 | 1.19.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 77 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 890KB | 777KB |
| Features | 1 | 34 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.91.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •yara-x leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •yara-x is depended on by 156 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •syara-x is pre-1.0 — API may change.