Decision Workspace
lolcate-rs vs esed vs grep
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
lolcate-rs
growingv0.10.0
A comically fast way of indexing and querying your filesystem. Replaces locate / mlocate / updatedb.
60
esed
experimentalv1.1.29
Easy sed
59
grep
growingv0.4.1
Fast line oriented regex searching as a library.
Core Metrics
| lolcate-rs | esed | grep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 12.7K | 546 | 3.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 111 | 216.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 682 |
| Releases | 8 | 29 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 1940d ago | 4d ago | 156d ago |
| Age | 6y 11m | 4m | 9y 6m |
Health Breakdown
lolcate-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
esed
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
grep
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| lolcate-rs | esed | grep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.0 | 1.1.29 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 90KB | 18KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.86.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •esed leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •grep has the most downloads (3.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •grep is depended on by 682 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lolcate-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •lolcate-rs, grep are pre-1.0 — API may change.