Decision Workspace
naturallanguage vs translation-rs vs langr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
naturallanguage
experimentalv0.4.4
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's NaturalLanguage framework — language detection, tokenization, tagging, embeddings, gazetteers, and custom models on macOS
52
translation-rs
experimentalv0.4.1
Safe Rust bindings for Translation.framework — language availability, session workflows, and language recognition on macOS
45
langr
experimentalv0.1.0
Fast, low-memory single-purpose language detector using an LLM subword vocab and token->language posteriors.
Core Metrics
| naturallanguage | translation-rs | langr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 52 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 116 | 129 | 25 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 54d ago | 54d ago | 12d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 12d |
Health Breakdown
naturallanguage
Maintenance
16
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
translation-rs
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
langr
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| naturallanguage | translation-rs | langr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.4 | 0.4.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 61KB | 40KB | 41KB |
| Features | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.84 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •naturallanguage leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •translation-rs has the most downloads (129), suggesting wider adoption.