Decision Workspace
mailwoman-client vs libpostal-rs vs nominatim
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mailwoman-client
experimentalv6.0.0
Typed Rust clients for Mailwoman's Photon / Nominatim / libpostal drop-in geocoding APIs and native /v1/* surface, generated from their OpenAPI specs.
51
libpostal-rs
experimentalv0.1.3
Static Rust bindings for libpostal - international address parsing and normalization
47
nominatim
growingv0.3.5
Bindings to the reverse geocoding API powered by openstreetmap.
Core Metrics
| mailwoman-client | libpostal-rs | nominatim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 51 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 11 | 1.7K | 14.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 343d ago | 1094d ago |
| Age | 1d | 11m | 4y 10m |
Health Breakdown
mailwoman-client
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
libpostal-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
nominatim
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mailwoman-client | libpostal-rs | nominatim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 6.0.0 | 0.1.3 | 0.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Commercial | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 22 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 36KB | 54KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.82 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libpostal-rs leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nominatim has the most downloads (14.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ nominatim has not been updated in over a year.
- •libpostal-rs, nominatim are pre-1.0 — API may change.