Decision Workspace
memcmp vs fastcmp vs version-compare
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
memcmp
growingv0.0.6
Optimized memory comparisons for integer slices. Temporary solution until rust issue 16913 is resolved.
48
fastcmp
growingv1.0.1
A fast byte slice comparison library
63
version-compare
growingv0.2.1
Rust library to easily compare version numbers with no specific format, and test against various comparison operators.
Core Metrics
| memcmp | fastcmp | version-compare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 48 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 15.4K | 19.0K | 44.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 113 | 276 | 3.3M |
| Dependents | 52 | 40 | 1.2K |
| Releases | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 3758d ago | 3341d ago | 147d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 9y 1m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
memcmp
Maintenance
2
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
fastcmp
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
version-compare
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| memcmp | fastcmp | version-compare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.6 | 1.0.1 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 5KB | 14KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •version-compare leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •version-compare is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ memcmp, fastcmp have not been updated in over a year.
- •memcmp, version-compare are pre-1.0 — API may change.