Decision Workspace
libfastdl vs libloading vs libloading-mini
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
libfastdl
growingv0.2.0
A libloading wrapper library that caches function pointer to hash table
64
libloading
growingv0.9.0
Bindings around the platform's dynamic library loading primitives with greatly improved memory safety.
36
libloading-mini
growingv0.1.2
Raw bindings to libloading, does NOT use generics (useful for loading large amounts of function pointers)
Core Metrics
| libfastdl | libloading | libloading-mini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 64 | 36 |
| Total Downloads | 3.4K | 329.6M | 5.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 21.9M | 35 |
| Dependents | 0 | 11.7K | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2209d ago | 142d ago | 1904d ago |
| Age | 7y 11m | 10y 4m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
libfastdl
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
libloading
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
libloading-mini
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| libfastdl | libloading | libloading-mini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | ISC | ISC |
| Dependencies | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 34KB | 3KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libloading leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libloading is depended on by 11.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ libfastdl, libloading-mini have not been updated in over a year.