Decision Workspace
libloading vs libloading-mini vs libfastdl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
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)
33
libfastdl
growingv0.2.0
A libloading wrapper library that caches function pointer to hash table
Core Metrics
| libloading | libloading-mini | libfastdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 36 | 33 |
| Total Downloads | 380.0M | 5.6K | 3.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 27.5M | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 13.8K | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 41 | 3 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 201d ago | 1963d ago | 2268d ago |
| Age | 10y 6m | 5y 11m | 8y 1m |
Health Breakdown
libloading
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
libloading-mini
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
libfastdl
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| libloading | libloading-mini | libfastdl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.1.2 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | ISC | ISC | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 3KB | 7KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 2.4% | 0.0% | 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 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libloading is depended on by 13.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ libloading-mini, libfastdl have not been updated in over a year.