Decision Workspace
human-friendly-ids vs caretta-id vs fast32
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
human-friendly-ids
growingv0.2.0
Generate non-visually ambiguous IDs
61
caretta-id
experimentalv0.12.2
Renamed to grain-id — see https://crates.io/crates/grain-id
54
fast32
growingv1.0.3
Base32 and base64 encoding in Rust. Primarily for integer (u64, u128) and UUID identifiers, as well as arbitrary byte arrays.
Core Metrics
| human-friendly-ids | caretta-id | fast32 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 61 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0K | 1.1K | 79.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 600 | 4.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 20 | 48 |
| Releases | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 381d ago | today | 540d ago |
| Age | 1y | 4m | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
human-friendly-ids
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
caretta-id
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
fast32
Maintenance
5
Quality
22
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| human-friendly-ids | caretta-id | fast32 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.12.2 | 1.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 18 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 39KB | 31KB |
| Features | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caretta-id leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fast32 has the most downloads (79.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ human-friendly-ids, fast32 have not been updated in over a year.
- •human-friendly-ids, caretta-id are pre-1.0 — API may change.