Decision Workspace
lange vs nix-your-shell vs nix-nar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
lange
growingv0.1.0
Quickly enter a dev environment with nix-shell
57
nix-your-shell
stablev1.4.10
A `nix` and `nix-shell` wrapper for shells other than `bash`
57
nix-nar
growingv0.3.1
Library to manipulate Nix Archive (nar) files
Core Metrics
| lange | nix-your-shell | nix-nar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 57 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 19.1K | 508.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 35 | 116.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Releases | 1 | 20 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2114d ago | 2d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 3y 1m | 3y 11m |
Health Breakdown
lange
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
nix-your-shell
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
nix-nar
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| lange | nix-your-shell | nix-nar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.4.10 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Dependencies | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 22KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •nix-your-shell leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nix-nar has the most downloads (508.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •nix-nar is depended on by 118 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lange has not been updated in over a year.
- •lange, nix-nar are pre-1.0 — API may change.