Decision Workspace
mime_multipart vs mime-multipart-hyper1 vs mailrs-mime
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
mime_multipart
growingv0.6.1
MIME multipart parsing, construction, and streaming
40
mime-multipart-hyper1
growingv0.10.0
MIME multipart parsing, construction, and streaming compatible with hyper v1.x (fork of mime_multipart crate)
55
mailrs-mime
experimentalv1.0.3
RFC 2045/2046 MIME body parser. Walks the multipart tree, decodes Content-Transfer-Encoding (base64, quoted-printable, 7bit, 8bit, binary), exposes text/HTML extraction + find-by-content-type + attachment iteration. Layered on mailrs-rfc5322 (headers) + mailrs-rfc2231 (parameters) + mailrs-rfc2047 (encoded-words).
Core Metrics
| mime_multipart | mime-multipart-hyper1 | mailrs-mime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 40 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 484.5K | 98.7K | 64 |
| 30d Downloads | 13.8K | 18.5K | 0 |
| Dependents | 66 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1161d ago | 487d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 9y 10m | 1y 4m | 3d |
Health Breakdown
mime_multipart
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
mime-multipart-hyper1
Maintenance
2
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
mailrs-mime
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mime_multipart | mime-multipart-hyper1 | mailrs-mime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.10.0 | 1.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 17KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mailrs-mime leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mime_multipart has the most downloads (484.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ mime_multipart, mime-multipart-hyper1 have not been updated in over a year.
- •mime_multipart, mime-multipart-hyper1 are pre-1.0 — API may change.