Decision Workspace
marked-path vs sugar_path vs path-absolutize
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
marked-path
experimentalv0.2.1
Type-safe path wrappers with compile-time absolute/relative guarantees
74
sugar_path
stablev3.0.0
Host-native lexical path manipulation with borrowed and owned-buffer APIs
71
path-absolutize
stablev4.0.1
A library for extending `Path` and `PathBuf` in order to get an absolute path and remove the containing dots.
Core Metrics
| marked-path | sugar_path | path-absolutize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 74 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 99 | 880.9K | 15.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 64.3K | 594.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 992 | 4.7K |
| Releases | 3 | 18 | 35 |
| Last Updated | 87d ago | 1d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 3m | 4y 4m | 7y 11m |
Health Breakdown
marked-path
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
4
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
sugar_path
Maintenance
18
Quality
21
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
path-absolutize
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| marked-path | sugar_path | path-absolutize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 3.0.0 | 4.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 51KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.7% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.91 | — | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sugar_path leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •path-absolutize has the most downloads (15.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •path-absolutize is depended on by 4.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •marked-path is pre-1.0 — API may change.