Decision Workspace
neco-plist vs plist vs rust-yaml
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
neco-plist
experimentalv0.1.0
zero dependency plist XML subset parser
73
plist
stablev1.9.0
A rusty plist parser. Supports Serde serialization.
64
rust-yaml
growingv1.0.1
A fast, safe YAML 1.2 library for Rust
Core Metrics
| neco-plist | plist | rust-yaml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 73 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 37.2M | 16.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 4.3M | 7.2K |
| Dependents | 1 | 2.8K | 13 |
| Releases | 1 | 55 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 29d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 18d | 10y 9m | 9m |
Health Breakdown
neco-plist
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
plist
Maintenance
16
Quality
20
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rust-yaml
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| neco-plist | plist | rust-yaml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.9.0 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 55KB | 222KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.82 | 1.88.0 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •plist leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •plist is depended on by 2.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •neco-plist is pre-1.0 — API may change.