Decision Workspace
mailbox-formats vs himalaya vs email-lib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mailbox-formats
experimentalv0.1.0
Read and write classic local-mail storage formats: mbox (mboxo/rd/cl/cl2) and Maildir.
62
himalaya
stablev1.2.0
CLI to manage emails
57
email-lib
growingv0.27.0
Cross-platform, asynchronous Rust library to manage emails
Core Metrics
| mailbox-formats | himalaya | email-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 62 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 188 | 57.1K | 76.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.7K | 3.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Releases | 1 | 26 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 95d ago | 96d ago |
| Age | 9d | 4y 3m | 2y 9m |
Health Breakdown
mailbox-formats
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
himalaya
Maintenance
14
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
email-lib
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mailbox-formats | himalaya | email-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.2.0 | 0.27.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 20 | 46 |
| Crate Size | 35KB | 258KB | 178KB |
| Features | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.74 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •himalaya leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •email-lib has the most downloads (76.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •mailbox-formats, email-lib are pre-1.0 — API may change.