Decision Workspace
interb vs talc vs slab
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
interb
experimentalv0.1.1
A high-performance, thread-safe string interner backed by a concurrent bump allocator.
71
talc
stablev5.0.3
A fast and flexible allocator for no_std and WebAssembly
67
slab
growingv0.4.12
Pre-allocated storage for a uniform data type
Core Metrics
| interb | talc | slab | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 71 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 975 | 521.6K | 550.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 150 | 75.0K | 41.2M |
| Dependents | 0 | 128 | 7.6K |
| Releases | 2 | 27 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 170d ago | 2d ago | 55d ago |
| Age | 5m | 2y 8m | 10y 9m |
Health Breakdown
interb
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
talc
Maintenance
19
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
slab
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| interb | talc | slab | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 5.0.3 | 0.4.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 66KB | 19KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.7% | 5.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64.0 | 1.51 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •talc leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slab has the most downloads (550.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •slab is depended on by 7.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •interb, slab are pre-1.0 — API may change.