Decision Workspace
maildirs vs mailrs-maildir vs maildirpp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
maildirs
growingv0.2.2
Rust library to manage collections of Maildir
52
mailrs-maildir
experimentalv1.2.1
Maildir filesystem-format primitives: atomic delivery, directory scans, flag parsing — no IMAP/POP3 layer.
46
maildirpp
growingv0.4.0
Maildir++ library for Rust
Core Metrics
| maildirs | mailrs-maildir | maildirpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 52 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 37.9K | 166 | 16.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.9K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 7 | 8 | 39 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 697d ago | 45d ago | 600d ago |
| Age | 1y 11m | 1m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
maildirs
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mailrs-maildir
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
maildirpp
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| maildirs | mailrs-maildir | maildirpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 1.2.1 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 30KB | 12KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mailrs-maildir leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •maildirs has the most downloads (37.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ maildirs, maildirpp have not been updated in over a year.
- •maildirs, maildirpp are pre-1.0 — API may change.