Decision Workspace
linguist vs palate vs chumsky
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
linguist
experimentalv0.1.9
Programming language detection library based on Github Linguist.
42
palate
experimentalv0.3.9
File type detection combining tft and hyperpolyglot
64
chumsky
growingv0.12.0
A parser library for humans with powerful error recovery
Core Metrics
| linguist | palate | chumsky | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 42 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 4.8K | 536 | 14.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.3K | 144 | 2.8M |
| Dependents | 19 | 5 | 1.8K |
| Releases | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 26d ago | 9d ago | 102d ago |
| Age | 4m | 2m | 4y 8m |
Health Breakdown
linguist
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
palate
Maintenance
12
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
chumsky
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| linguist | palate | chumsky | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.9 | 0.3.9 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 26 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 78KB | 6.8MB | 193KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 12.1% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.65 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •chumsky leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •chumsky is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.