Decision Workspace
marrow vs arrow-schema vs arrow-data
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
marrow
growingv0.2.6
Minimalist Arrow interop
78
arrow-schema
stablev58.1.0
Defines the logical types for arrow arrays
78
arrow-data
stablev58.1.0
Array data abstractions for Apache Arrow
Core Metrics
| marrow | arrow-schema | arrow-data | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 78 | 78 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1M | 57.8M | 57.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 353.4K | 5.8M | 5.8M |
| Dependents | 12 | 6.8K | 2.0K |
| Releases | 8 | 57 | 57 |
| Last Updated | 32d ago | 3d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 1y 5m | 3y 5m | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
marrow
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
arrow-schema
Maintenance
22
Quality
21
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
arrow-data
Maintenance
22
Quality
21
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| marrow | arrow-schema | arrow-data | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 | 58.1.0 | 58.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 93 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 44KB | 86KB | 62KB |
| Features | 26 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arrow-schema leads with a health score of 78/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •arrow-schema is depended on by 6.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •marrow is pre-1.0 — API may change.