Decision Workspace
length-delimited vs byten vs polyglot_rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
length-delimited
growingv0.2.0
Protobuf like length-delimited encoding/decoding
52
byten
experimentalv0.0.13
A binary codec library for efficient encoding and decoding of data structures
51
polyglot_rs
growingv2.0.5
A high-performance serialization framework used for encoding and decoding arbitrary datastructures across languages.
Core Metrics
| length-delimited | byten | polyglot_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 539 | 21.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 43 | 44 |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| Releases | 2 | 13 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 417d ago | 138d ago | 364d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 4m | 3y 3m |
Health Breakdown
length-delimited
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
byten
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
polyglot_rs
Maintenance
8
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| length-delimited | byten | polyglot_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.0.13 | 2.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 22KB | 98KB |
| Features | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 15.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •byten leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •polyglot_rs has the most downloads (21.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ length-delimited has not been updated in over a year.
- •length-delimited, byten are pre-1.0 — API may change.