Decision Workspace
html5gum vs html5tokenizer vs html5ever
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
59
html5gum
growingv0.8.4
A WHATWG-compliant HTML5 tokenizer and tag soup parser.
36
html5tokenizer
growingv0.5.2
An HTML5 tokenizer with code span support.
69
html5ever
growingv0.39.0
High-performance browser-grade HTML5 parser
Core Metrics
| html5gum | html5tokenizer | html5ever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 59 | 36 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3M | 10.5K | 79.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 30.3K | 0 | 5.8M |
| Dependents | 141 | 3 | 4.0K |
| Releases | 22 | 7 | 75 |
| Last Updated | 21d ago | 1019d ago | 122d ago |
| Age | 4y 7m | 5y 3m | 11y 1m |
Health Breakdown
html5gum
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
html5tokenizer
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
html5ever
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| html5gum | html5tokenizer | html5ever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.4 | 0.5.2 | 0.39.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 101KB | 60KB | 82KB |
| Features | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 57.1% | 6.7% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •html5ever leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •html5ever is depended on by 4.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ html5tokenizer has not been updated in over a year.