Decision Workspace
ini-doc vs arborium-ini vs rust-ini
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
ini-doc
experimentalv0.3.0
A Rust library for reading and writing INI files with support for comments and sections.
64
arborium-ini
experimentalv2.16.0
INI grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
60
rust-ini
growingv0.21.3
An Ini configuration file parsing library in Rust
Core Metrics
| ini-doc | arborium-ini | rust-ini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 64 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 4.5K | 81.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 1.3K | 6.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 47 | 2.5K |
| Releases | 5 | 47 | 47 |
| Last Updated | 244d ago | 16d ago | 209d ago |
| Age | 8m | 3m | 11y 2m |
Health Breakdown
ini-doc
Maintenance
15
Quality
9
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
arborium-ini
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
rust-ini
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| ini-doc | arborium-ini | rust-ini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 2.16.0 | 0.21.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 17KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.64 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-ini leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-ini has the most downloads (81.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-ini is depended on by 2.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •ini-doc, rust-ini are pre-1.0 — API may change.