Decision Workspace
marshal-rs vs reikland vs binrw
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
marshal-rs
stablev2.0.1
Blazingly fast Ruby-lang's Marshal implementation in Rust.
45
reikland
experimentalv0.1.3
A serde-compatible Ruby marshal parser and deserializer
69
binrw
growingv0.15.1
A Rust crate for helping read structs from binary data using ✨macro magic✨
Core Metrics
| marshal-rs | reikland | binrw | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 45 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 15.1K | 53 | 8.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 850.1K |
| Dependents | 85 | 0 | 1.8K |
| Releases | 20 | 4 | 35 |
| Last Updated | 50d ago | 22d ago | 83d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 1m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
marshal-rs
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
reikland
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
binrw
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| marshal-rs | reikland | binrw | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.1 | 0.1.3 | 0.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 207KB | 94KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.82.0 | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •binrw leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •binrw is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •reikland, binrw are pre-1.0 — API may change.