Decision Workspace
mailledger-mime vs mailrs-mime vs mail-parser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
mailledger-mime
experimentalv0.0.2
MIME message parsing and generation library for email
48
mailrs-mime
experimentalv2.0.1
RFC 2045/2046 MIME body parser. Walks the multipart tree, decodes Content-Transfer-Encoding (base64, quoted-printable, 7bit, 8bit, binary), exposes text/HTML extraction + find-by-content-type + attachment iteration. Layered on mailrs-rfc5322 (headers) + mailrs-rfc2231 (parameters) + mailrs-rfc2047 (encoded-words).
65
mail-parser
growingv0.11.5
Fast and robust e-mail parsing library for Rust
Core Metrics
| mailledger-mime | mailrs-mime | mail-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 48 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 222 | 104 | 2.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 217.5K |
| Dependents | 2 | 1 | 1.2K |
| Releases | 2 | 5 | 36 |
| Last Updated | 177d ago | 45d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 6m | 1m | 4y 8m |
Health Breakdown
mailledger-mime
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
mailrs-mime
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
mail-parser
Maintenance
20
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mailledger-mime | mailrs-mime | mail-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 2.0.1 | 0.11.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 35KB | 565KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mail-parser leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mail-parser is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mailledger-mime, mail-parser are pre-1.0 — API may change.