Decision Workspace
marshal-rs vs reikland vs binrw
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
marshal-rs
stablev2.0.1
Blazingly fast Ruby-lang's Marshal implementation in Rust.
45
reikland
experimentalv0.2.0
A serde-compatible Ruby marshal parser and deserializer
67
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 | 57 | 45 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 15.5K | 120 | 10.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 577.0K |
| Dependents | 86 | 1 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 20 | 5 | 35 |
| Last Updated | 99d ago | 31d ago | 132d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 2m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
marshal-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
reikland
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
binrw
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| marshal-rs | reikland | binrw | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.1 | 0.2.0 | 0.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 209KB | 94KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 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 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •binrw is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •reikland, binrw are pre-1.0 — API may change.