Decision Workspace
microxdg vs etcetera vs cap-directories
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
microxdg
growingv0.2.0
An XDG Base Directory Specification library.
62
etcetera
growingv0.11.0
An unopinionated library for obtaining configuration, data, cache, & other directories
62
cap-directories
stablev4.0.2
Capability-based standard directories for config, cache and other data
Core Metrics
| microxdg | etcetera | cap-directories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 62 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 8.8K | 53.6M | 115.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 390 | 6.8M | 1.5K |
| Dependents | 12 | 1.2K | 30 |
| Releases | 4 | 15 | 89 |
| Last Updated | 503d ago | 150d ago | 40d ago |
| Age | 2y 8m | 5y 10m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
microxdg
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
etcetera
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
cap-directories
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| microxdg | etcetera | cap-directories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.11.0 | 4.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 14KB | 12KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | 1.87.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •etcetera leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •etcetera is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ microxdg has not been updated in over a year.
- •microxdg, etcetera are pre-1.0 — API may change.