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
61
arborium-kdl
experimentalv2.6.1
KDL grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
60
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 | 61 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 2.4K | 4.9K | 741.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 35 | 262 | 56.3K |
| Dependents | 2 | 33 | 730 |
| Releases | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 1460d ago | 77d ago | 197d ago |
| Age | 4y | 3m | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
kdl-schema
Maintenance
1
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
arborium-kdl
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
kdl
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| kdl-schema | arborium-kdl | kdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.6.1 | 6.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BlueOak-1.0.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 47KB | 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 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kdl has the most downloads (741.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kdl is depended on by 730 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kdl-schema has not been updated in over a year.
- •kdl-schema is pre-1.0 — API may change.