Decision Workspace
icu vs icu_experimental vs rust-i18n
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
72
icu
stablev2.2.0
ICU4X: International Components for Unicode, written in Rust
64
icu_experimental
growingv0.5.0
ICU4X pre-release components under active development; all code in this crate is unstable.
70
rust-i18n
stablev4.0.0
Rust I18n is use Rust codegen for load YAML file storage translations on compile time, and give you a t! macro for simply get translation texts.
Core Metrics
| icu | icu_experimental | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 72 | 64 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6M | 1.6M | 2.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 126.8K | 162.9K | 228.4K |
| Dependents | 301 | 46 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 21 | 7 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 54d ago | 54d ago | 44d ago |
| Age | 6y 1m | 1y 12m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
icu
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
icu_experimental
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
rust-i18n
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| icu | icu_experimental | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.0 | 0.5.0 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Unicode-3.0 | Unicode-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 32 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 106KB | 206KB | 21KB |
| Features | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.86 | 1.86 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •icu leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-i18n has the most downloads (2.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-i18n is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •icu_experimental is pre-1.0 — API may change.