Decision Workspace
libarchive vs libarchive2 vs libarchive2-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
libarchive
growingv0.1.1
A safe Rust API for authoring and extracting archives with libarchive
49
libarchive2
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for libarchive v3.8.1, providing cross-platform archive reading and writing capabilities
44
libarchive2-sys
experimentalv0.2.0
Low-level FFI bindings to libarchive v3.8.1
Core Metrics
| libarchive | libarchive2 | libarchive2-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 49 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 293.1K | 726 | 933 |
| 30d Downloads | 995 | 20 | 145 |
| Dependents | 62 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 3658d ago | 129d ago | 162d ago |
| Age | 10y | 5m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
libarchive
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
libarchive2
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
libarchive2-sys
Maintenance
10
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| libarchive | libarchive2 | libarchive2-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 51KB | 6.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libarchive2 leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libarchive has the most downloads (293.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ libarchive has not been updated in over a year.