Decision Workspace
liff vs flickzeug vs mpatch
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
liff
growingv0.1.1
Fast levenshtein diff, fastest as we can do with levenshtein.
60
flickzeug
experimentalv0.5.1
A fork of diffy: diff, patch, and merge library featuring Myers' algorithm, unified diff format parsing, fuzzy patch application, and three-way merge with conflict detection
59
mpatch
growingv1.4.0
A smart, context-aware patch tool that applies diffs using fuzzy matching, ideal for AI-generated code.
Core Metrics
| liff | flickzeug | mpatch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 3.0K | 31.3K | 158.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 15.7K | 20.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 13 | 8 |
| Releases | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 1559d ago | 31d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 4y 3m | 3m | 9m |
Health Breakdown
liff
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
flickzeug
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
mpatch
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| liff | flickzeug | mpatch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.5.1 | 1.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 106KB | 103KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flickzeug leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mpatch has the most downloads (158.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ liff has not been updated in over a year.
- •liff, flickzeug are pre-1.0 — API may change.