Decision Workspace
kdl-schema vs arborium-kdl vs kdl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
kdl-schema
growingv0.1.0
schema types & parsing for KDL
64
arborium-kdl
experimentalv2.17.0
KDL grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
59
kdl
growingv6.5.0
Document-oriented KDL parser and API. Allows formatting/whitespace/comment-preserving parsing and modification of KDL text.
Core Metrics
| kdl-schema | arborium-kdl | kdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 64 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5K | 6.8K | 900.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 96.1K |
| Dependents | 2 | 34 | 860 |
| Releases | 1 | 34 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 1520d ago | 16d ago | 256d ago |
| Age | 4y 2m | 5m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
kdl-schema
Maintenance
1
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
arborium-kdl
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
kdl
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| kdl-schema | arborium-kdl | kdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.17.0 | 6.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BlueOak-1.0.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 48KB | 113KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.82 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-kdl leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kdl has the most downloads (900.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kdl is depended on by 860 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kdl-schema has not been updated in over a year.
- •kdl-schema is pre-1.0 — API may change.