Decision Workspace
html5tokenizer vs html5gum vs html5ever
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
html5tokenizer
growingv0.5.2
An HTML5 tokenizer with code span support.
53
html5gum
growingv0.8.3
A WHATWG-compliant HTML5 tokenizer and tag soup parser.
74
html5ever
growingv0.39.0
High-performance browser-grade HTML5 parser
Core Metrics
| html5tokenizer | html5gum | html5ever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 53 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 10.2K | 1.1M | 50.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 148 | 54.5K | 5.6M |
| Dependents | 1 | 81 | 3.3K |
| Releases | 7 | 21 | 75 |
| Last Updated | 911d ago | 112d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 4y 11m | 4y 4m | 10y 9m |
Health Breakdown
html5tokenizer
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
html5gum
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
html5ever
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| html5tokenizer | html5gum | html5ever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 0.8.3 | 0.39.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 13 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 60KB | 104KB | 82KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 57.1% | 0.0% | 6.7% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •html5ever leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •html5ever is depended on by 3.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ html5tokenizer has not been updated in over a year.