Decision Workspace
lac vs flac-codec vs claxon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
lac
experimentalv0.1.0
Lo Audio Codec — lossless audio codec with LPC + partitioned Rice coding.
59
flac-codec
growingv1.3.2
A comprehensive library for handling FLAC files
53
claxon
growingv0.4.3
A FLAC decoding library
Core Metrics
| lac | flac-codec | claxon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 59 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 15 | 6.0K | 3.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.9K | 175.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 6 | 384 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 32d ago | 40d ago | 2115d ago |
| Age | 1m | 10m | 11y 3m |
Health Breakdown
lac
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
flac-codec
Maintenance
20
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
claxon
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| lac | flac-codec | claxon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.3.2 | 0.4.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 112KB | 2.1MB | 87KB |
| Features | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | 1.87 | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flac-codec leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •claxon has the most downloads (3.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •claxon is depended on by 384 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ claxon has not been updated in over a year.
- •lac, claxon are pre-1.0 — API may change.