Decision Workspace
lzss-cli vs datacortex-cli vs rargz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
lzss-cli
growingv0.9.0
A LZSS en-/decompressor CLI (lossless data compression, in pure Rust)
56
datacortex-cli
experimentalv0.4.3
Best standalone JSON/NDJSON compressor. Beats zstd-19 and brotli-11 on every file. Just datacortex compress data.json
53
rargz
experimentalv0.1.5
Fast parallel tar + zstd archiver and extractor with optional chunked format.
Core Metrics
| lzss-cli | datacortex-cli | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 56 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 2.9K | 145 | 127 |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 145 | 9 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1150d ago | today | 141d ago |
| Age | 4y 9m | 2d | 4m |
Health Breakdown
lzss-cli
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
datacortex-cli
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rargz
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lzss-cli | datacortex-cli | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.4.3 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 12KB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •datacortex-cli leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lzss-cli has the most downloads (2.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ lzss-cli has not been updated in over a year.