Decision Workspace
matroska vs symphonia-format-mkv vs webm-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
matroska
growingv0.30.0
Library for parsing Matroska (MKV) file metadata.
60
symphonia-format-mkv
growingv0.5.5
Pure Rust MKV/WebM demuxer (a part of project Symphonia).
58
webm-sys
growingv2.2.0
Rust FFI bindings and wrapper for libwebm
Core Metrics
| matroska | symphonia-format-mkv | webm-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 60 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 151.0K | 2.6M | 543.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 12.8K | 523.8K | 3.0K |
| Dependents | 150 | 7 | 13 |
| Releases | 34 | 7 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 346d ago | 4d ago | 169d ago |
| Age | 8y 8m | 4y 1m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
matroska
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
symphonia-format-mkv
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
webm-sys
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| matroska | symphonia-format-mkv | webm-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.30.0 | 0.5.5 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 79KB | 18KB | 94KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 2.9% | 0.0% | 46.7% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.53 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •symphonia-format-mkv leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •matroska is depended on by 150 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •matroska, symphonia-format-mkv are pre-1.0 — API may change.