Decision Workspace
huffcomp vs huffman-compress vs minimum_redundancy
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
huffcomp
growingv0.1.25
Huffman coding program for compression and decompression of text files
54
huffman-compress
growingv0.7.0
Huffman compression given a probability distribution over arbitrary symbols
52
minimum_redundancy
growingv0.3.3
The library to encode and decode data with binary or non-binary Huffman coding.
Core Metrics
| huffcomp | huffman-compress | minimum_redundancy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.2K | 20.2K | 54.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 13 | 172 | 2.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 23 | 35 |
| Releases | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 417d ago | 101d ago | 198d ago |
| Age | 5y 7m | 8y 2m | 4y 1m |
Health Breakdown
huffcomp
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
huffman-compress
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
minimum_redundancy
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| huffcomp | huffman-compress | minimum_redundancy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.25 | 0.7.0 | 0.3.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 13KB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •huffman-compress leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minimum_redundancy has the most downloads (54.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ huffcomp has not been updated in over a year.