Decision Workspace
mimeapps vs freedesktop vs xdg-mime
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
mimeapps
experimentalv0.1.0
Cross-platform library for looking up registered applications for a given file path
50
freedesktop
experimentalv0.0.3
Rust implementations of the freedesktop.org specifications for Linux desktop integration
44
xdg-mime
growingv0.4.0
A library for loading and querying the XDG shared MIME database
Core Metrics
| mimeapps | freedesktop | xdg-mime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 50 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 18 | 924 | 86.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 10 | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 92d ago | 186d ago | 707d ago |
| Age | 3m | 6m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
mimeapps
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
freedesktop
Maintenance
11
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
xdg-mime
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mimeapps | freedesktop | xdg-mime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.0.3 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 5KB | 105KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •freedesktop leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xdg-mime has the most downloads (86.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ xdg-mime has not been updated in over a year.