Decision Workspace
mbox vs malloced vs stack-cstr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
mbox
growingv0.7.1
malloc-based box. Supports wrapping pointers or null-terminated strings returned from malloc as a Rust type, which will be free'd on drop.
55
malloced
growingv1.3.1
A malloc-ed box pointer type.
47
stack-cstr
experimentalv0.2.0
High-performance stack-to-heap C string creation for Rust with FFI support
Core Metrics
| mbox | malloced | stack-cstr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 55 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1M | 482.2K | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 586.5K | 43.6K | 7 |
| Dependents | 65 | 5 | 0 |
| Releases | 18 | 7 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 749d ago | 1124d ago | 93d ago |
| Age | 9y 9m | 5y 3m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
mbox
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
malloced
Maintenance
4
Quality
23
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
stack-cstr
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mbox | malloced | stack-cstr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 1.3.1 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 12KB | 13KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 88.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.36.0 | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •malloced leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mbox has the most downloads (2.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ mbox, malloced have not been updated in over a year.
- •mbox, stack-cstr are pre-1.0 — API may change.