Decision Workspace
locale_config vs icu vs rust-i18n
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
locale_config
growingv0.3.0
Maintains locale preferences for process and thread and initialises them by inspecting the system for user preference.
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
| locale_config | icu | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 72 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 5.4M | 1.6M | 2.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 170.7K | 126.8K | 228.4K |
| Dependents | 180 | 301 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 7 | 21 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 2468d ago | 54d ago | 44d ago |
| Age | 9y 5m | 6y 1m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
locale_config
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
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
| locale_config | icu | rust-i18n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 2.2.0 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Unicode-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 106KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 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.
- •locale_config has the most downloads (5.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-i18n is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ locale_config has not been updated in over a year.
- •locale_config is pre-1.0 — API may change.