Decision Workspace
latexlings vs tectonic vs oak-tex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
latexlings
experimentalv1.0.0
Small exercises to learn writing, debugging, and typesetting LaTeX in the terminal — inspired by rustlings
59
tectonic
growingv0.16.9
A modernized, complete, embeddable TeX/LaTeX engine. Tectonic is forked from the XeTeX extension to the classic "Web2C" implementation of TeX and uses the TeXLive distribution of support files.
54
oak-tex
experimentalv0.0.11
TeX/LaTeX document preparation system parser with support for typesetting commands and macros.
Core Metrics
| latexlings | tectonic | oak-tex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 59 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 18 | 185.3K | 347 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 48 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 87d ago | 106d ago |
| Age | 9d | 9y 4m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
latexlings
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
tectonic
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
oak-tex
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| latexlings | tectonic | oak-tex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.16.9 | 0.0.11 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 42 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 54KB | 2.2MB | 37KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 (team) |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •tectonic leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tectonic is depended on by 149 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •tectonic, oak-tex are pre-1.0 — API may change.