Decision Workspace
justpdf-special vs kreuzberg vs zbar-pack
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
justpdf-special
experimentalv0.1.2
Special features for justpdf - OCR, barcode, ZUGFeRD, BiDi, deskew
66
kreuzberg
experimentalv4.6.3
High-performance document intelligence library for Rust. Extract text, metadata, and structured data from PDFs, Office documents, images, and 88+ formats with async/sync APIs.
63
zbar-pack
experimentalv0.1.5
Safe Rust bindings for ZBar barcode scanner with vendored static linking
Core Metrics
| justpdf-special | kreuzberg | zbar-pack | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 66 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 36 | 13.2K | 351 |
| 30d Downloads | 36 | 7.9K | 60 |
| Dependents | 0 | 80 | 8 |
| Releases | 3 | 74 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | today | 128d ago |
| Age | 7d | 3m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
justpdf-special
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
kreuzberg
Maintenance
20
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
zbar-pack
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| justpdf-special | kreuzberg | zbar-pack | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 4.6.3 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Dependencies | 7 | 100 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 1.4MB | 17KB |
| Features | 7 | 47 | 15 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.91 | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •justpdf-special, zbar-pack are pre-1.0 — API may change.