Decision Workspace
linflate vs lgz vs inflate
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
linflate
experimentalv0.1.8
Fast pure-Rust DEFLATE decompressor — SIMD match-copy, branchless refill, segment-aware
58
lgz
experimentalv0.3.10
Pure Rust parallel gzip decompressor — multi-core DEFLATE decode with zero-copy ring-slot pipeline
54
inflate
growingv0.4.5
DEFLATE decoding
Core Metrics
| linflate | lgz | inflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 58 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 934 | 821 | 9.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 165.3K |
| Dependents | 21 | 50 | 638 |
| Releases | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 2d ago | 2707d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
linflate
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
lgz
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
inflate
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| linflate | lgz | inflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 | 0.3.10 | 0.4.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 37KB | 39KB | 18KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •lgz leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •inflate has the most downloads (9.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •inflate is depended on by 638 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ inflate has not been updated in over a year.