Decision Workspace
length-delimited vs cbor-core vs polyglot_rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
length-delimited
growingv0.2.0
Protobuf like length-delimited encoding/decoding
52
cbor-core
experimentalv0.9.2
CBOR::Core deterministic encoder/decoder with owned 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 | cbor-core | polyglot_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 365 | 21.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Releases | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 476d ago | 6d ago | 423d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 1m | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
length-delimited
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
cbor-core
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
polyglot_rs
Maintenance
8
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| length-delimited | cbor-core | polyglot_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.9.2 | 2.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 145KB | 98KB |
| Features | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81.0 | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cbor-core 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, polyglot_rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •length-delimited, cbor-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.