Decision Workspace
http-type vs http-constant vs http-compress
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
A comprehensive Rust library providing essential types for HTTP operations. Includes core HTTP abstractions (request/response, methods, status codes, versions), content types, cookies, WebSocket support, and thread-safe concurrent types (ArcMutex, ArcRwLock). Also provides convenient Option-wrapped primitive types for flexible HTTP handling.
A comprehensive library providing common HTTP constants for header names, versions, MIME types, and protocol identifiers.
A high-performance async library for HTTP compression/decompression, supporting Brotli, Deflate, and Gzip algorithms. Provides both compression and decompression capabilities with optimized memory usage, ideal for HTTP clients/servers and network programming.
Core Metrics
| http-type | http-constant | http-compress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 66 | 68 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 248.5K | 87.4K | 77.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.6K | 1.5K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 1.2K | 634 | 600 |
| Releases | 431 | 143 | 96 |
| Last Updated | 6d ago | 6d ago | 24d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 1y 3m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
Technical Details
| http-type | http-constant | http-compress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 17.5.0 | 5.4.0 | 3.0.18 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 86KB | 157KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •http-constant leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •http-type has the most downloads (248.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •http-type is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.