Decision Workspace
kreuzberg-tesseract vs tesseract-rs vs tesseract
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
70
kreuzberg-tesseract
growingv4.9.8
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with cross-compilation, C++17, and caching improvements
53
tesseract-rs
growingv0.2.0
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with optional built-in compilation
52
tesseract
growingv0.15.2
Higher-level bindings for Tesseract OCR
Core Metrics
| kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | tesseract | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 70 | 53 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 23.3K | 32.7K | 143.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 5.5K | 1.9K | 29.4K |
| Dependents | 103 | 11 | 109 |
| Releases | 110 | 22 | 22 |
| Last Updated | today | 63d ago | 401d ago |
| Age | 6m | 1y 7m | 9y 3m |
Health Breakdown
kreuzberg-tesseract
Maintenance
19
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
tesseract-rs
Maintenance
15
Quality
9
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
tesseract
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | tesseract | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 4.9.8 | 0.2.0 | 0.15.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 81KB | 84KB | 149KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 36.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | 1.91 | 1.83.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg-tesseract leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tesseract has the most downloads (143.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tesseract is depended on by 109 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tesseract has not been updated in over a year.
- •tesseract-rs, tesseract are pre-1.0 — API may change.