Decision Workspace
katex-rs vs katex vs tylax
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
katex-rs
experimentalv0.2.4
A Rust implementation of KaTeX - Fast math typesetting for anywhere, more than just the web.
53
katex
growingv0.4.6
Rust bindings to KaTeX
46
tylax
experimentalv0.3.4
Tylax - High-performance bidirectional LaTeX ↔ Typst converter
Core Metrics
| katex-rs | katex | tylax | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 53 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 3.2K | 375.6K | 750 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.3K | 183.8K | 383 |
| Dependents | 24 | 243 | 3 |
| Releases | 8 | 24 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 20d ago | 1146d ago | 15d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6y 1m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
katex-rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
6
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
katex
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
tylax
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| katex-rs | katex | tylax | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.4.6 | 0.3.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 24 | 9 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 360KB | 99KB | 351KB |
| Features | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 37.5% | 4.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •katex leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •katex is depended on by 243 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ katex has not been updated in over a year.