Decision Workspace
libarchive vs libarchive2 vs libarchive3-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
libarchive
growingv0.1.1
A safe Rust API for authoring and extracting archives with libarchive
48
libarchive2
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for libarchive v3.8.1, providing cross-platform archive reading and writing capabilities
43
libarchive3-sys
growingv0.1.2
Raw bindings for libarchive
Core Metrics
| libarchive | libarchive2 | libarchive3-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 48 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 295.3K | 867 | 300.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.6K | 0 | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 62 | 0 | 70 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 3717d ago | 188d ago | 3617d ago |
| Age | 10y 2m | 7m | 10y 2m |
Health Breakdown
libarchive
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
libarchive2
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
libarchive3-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| libarchive | libarchive2 | libarchive3-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 51KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libarchive2 leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libarchive3-sys has the most downloads (300.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ libarchive, libarchive3-sys have not been updated in over a year.