Decision Workspace
inchi vs inchi-sys vs chematic-iupac
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
inchi
experimentalv0.1.4
Safe, idiomatic Rust bindings to the IUPAC InChI library for generating InChI and InChIKey identifiers
48
inchi-sys
experimentalv0.1.4
Low-level FFI bindings to the vendored IUPAC InChI 1.07 reference C library
58
chematic-iupac
experimentalv0.4.29
Local IUPAC name generation for chematic — pure-Rust, no network required
Core Metrics
| inchi | inchi-sys | chematic-iupac | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 48 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 75 | 120 | 2.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4 | 84 |
| Releases | 4 | 5 | 44 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 14d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 19d | 19d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
inchi
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
inchi-sys
Maintenance
15
Quality
8
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
chematic-iupac
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| inchi | inchi-sys | chematic-iupac | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 0.1.4 | 0.4.29 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 50KB | 1.2MB | 19KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 25.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.77 | 1.77 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chematic-iupac leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.