Decision Workspace
neco-cbor vs proto-blue-lex-cbor vs cbor2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
neco-cbor
experimentalv0.1.1
necosystems series CBOR / DAG-CBOR codec for no_std environments
56
proto-blue-lex-cbor
experimentalv0.3.3
AT Protocol DAG-CBOR encoding/decoding with CID tag 42 support
61
cbor2
experimentalv1.1.3
Full-featured CBOR (RFC 8949) for serde: async item I/O, canonical encoding, no_std, Value/RawValue, simple values, tags, COSE keys, well-formedness checks and diagnostics.
Core Metrics
| neco-cbor | proto-blue-lex-cbor | cbor2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 56 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 103 | 1.8K | 1.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 867 |
| Dependents | 2 | 57 | 124 |
| Releases | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 96d ago | 56d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 3m | 4m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
neco-cbor
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
proto-blue-lex-cbor
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
cbor2
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| neco-cbor | proto-blue-lex-cbor | cbor2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.3.3 | 1.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 21KB | 208KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | 1.88 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cbor2 leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •proto-blue-lex-cbor has the most downloads (1.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •cbor2 is depended on by 124 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •neco-cbor, proto-blue-lex-cbor are pre-1.0 — API may change.