Decision Workspace
lz-fear vs lz4_flex vs lz4-compress
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
lz-fear
growingv0.2.0
A fast pure-rust no-unsafe implementation of LZ4 compression and decompression
61
lz4_flex
growingv0.13.0
Fastest LZ4 implementation in Rust, no unsafe by default.
48
lz4-compress
growingv0.1.1
Pure Rust implementation of raw LZ4 compression/decompression.
Core Metrics
| lz-fear | lz4_flex | lz4-compress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 61 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 215.4K | 83.0M | 212.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 9.0K | 7.7M | 3.6K |
| Dependents | 62 | 3.9K | 120 |
| Releases | 3 | 40 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 778d ago | 12d ago | 3249d ago |
| Age | 5y 11m | 5y 5m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
lz-fear
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
lz4_flex
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
lz4-compress
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| lz-fear | lz4_flex | lz4-compress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.13.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 142KB | 45KB | 9KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lz4_flex leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lz4_flex is depended on by 3.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lz-fear, lz4-compress have not been updated in over a year.