Decision Workspace
liblzma vs liblzma-sys vs xz2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
67
liblzma
growingv0.4.6
Rust bindings to liblzma providing Read/Write streams as well as low-level in-memory encoding/decoding. forked from xz2.
56
liblzma-sys
growingv0.4.5
Raw bindings to liblzma which contains an implementation of LZMA and xz stream encoding/decoding. High level Rust bindings are available in the `liblzma` crate.
54
xz2
growingv0.1.7
Rust bindings to liblzma providing Read/Write streams as well as low-level in-memory encoding/decoding.
Core Metrics
| liblzma | liblzma-sys | xz2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 67 | 56 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 12.2M | 11.8M | 44.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.1M | 2.1M | 3.1M |
| Dependents | 546 | 27 | 4.5K |
| Releases | 22 | 31 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 38d ago | 66d ago | 1390d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 2y 6m | 10y |
Health Breakdown
liblzma
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
liblzma-sys
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
xz2
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| liblzma | liblzma-sys | xz2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.6 | 0.4.5 | 0.1.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 1.6MB | 24KB |
| Features | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 4.5% | 16.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | 1.60 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •liblzma leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xz2 has the most downloads (44.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •xz2 is depended on by 4.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ xz2 has not been updated in over a year.