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lz77 vs oxiarc-brotli vs brotli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
lz77
growingv0.1.0
Zero dependency pure rust implementation of the FastLZ LZ77 compression algorithm.
52
oxiarc-brotli
experimentalv0.2.6
Pure Rust Brotli compression/decompression implementation (RFC 7932) for OxiArc
72
brotli
growingv8.0.2
A brotli compressor and decompressor that with an interface avoiding the rust stdlib. This makes it suitable for embedded devices and kernels. It is designed with a pluggable allocator so that the standard lib's allocator may be employed. The default build also includes a stdlib allocator and stream interface. Disable this with --features=no-stdlib. All included code is safe.
Core Metrics
| lz77 | oxiarc-brotli | brotli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 52 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 242 | 162.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 246 | 12.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 6 | 6.1K |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 52 |
| Last Updated | 909d ago | 6d ago | 223d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 10d | 10y 4m |
Health Breakdown
lz77
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
oxiarc-brotli
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
brotli
Maintenance
9
Quality
21
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| lz77 | oxiarc-brotli | brotli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.6 | 8.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause AND MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 41KB | 742KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2015 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.59.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •brotli leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •brotli is depended on by 6.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lz77 has not been updated in over a year.
- •lz77, oxiarc-brotli are pre-1.0 — API may change.