Decision Workspace
lino-i18n vs icu vs rust-i18n
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
lino-i18n
experimentalv0.2.0
Universal i18n runtime that stores translations as Links Notation (.lino) catalogues, with CLDR plurals, context suffixes and namespaces.
72
icu
stablev2.2.0
ICU4X: International Components for Unicode, written in Rust
70
rust-i18n
stablev4.0.0
Rust I18n is use Rust codegen for load YAML file storage translations on compile time, and give you a t! macro for simply get translation texts.
Core Metrics
| lino-i18n | icu | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 72 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 37 | 1.6M | 2.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 126.8K | 228.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 301 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 2 | 21 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 54d ago | 44d ago |
| Age | 9d | 6y 1m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
lino-i18n
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
icu
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
rust-i18n
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| lino-i18n | icu | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 2.2.0 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Unlicense | Unicode-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 106KB | 21KB |
| Features | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.75 | 1.86 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •icu leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-i18n has the most downloads (2.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-i18n is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •lino-i18n is pre-1.0 — API may change.