Decision Workspace
kettle vs arborium-ini vs etcetera
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
kettle
growingv0.2.2
`dirs` and config for platform-specific applications
64
arborium-ini
experimentalv2.16.0
INI grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
62
etcetera
growingv0.11.0
An unopinionated library for obtaining configuration, data, cache, & other directories
Core Metrics
| kettle | arborium-ini | etcetera | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 64 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 6.2K | 4.5K | 53.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 2 | 1.3K | 6.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 47 | 1.2K |
| Releases | 5 | 47 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 1784d ago | 16d ago | 150d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 3m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
kettle
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
arborium-ini
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
etcetera
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| kettle | arborium-ini | etcetera | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 2.16.0 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 17KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.87.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-ini leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •etcetera has the most downloads (53.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •etcetera is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kettle has not been updated in over a year.
- •kettle, etcetera are pre-1.0 — API may change.