Decision Workspace
numscan vs chunk vs extract-frontmatter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
numscan
growingv0.1.0
Extract numbers from text
51
chunk
experimentalv0.9.2
The fastest semantic text chunking library — up to 1TB/s chunking throughput
50
extract-frontmatter
growingv4.1.1
A library that allows a user to extract an arbitrary number of lines of 'front-matter' from the start of any string
Core Metrics
| numscan | chunk | extract-frontmatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 51 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 1.1K | 29.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 718 | 334 |
| Dependents | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 1303d ago | 65d ago | 1435d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 2m | 5y 11m |
Health Breakdown
numscan
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
chunk
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
extract-frontmatter
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| numscan | chunk | extract-frontmatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.9.2 | 4.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 40KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.58.1 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chunk leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •extract-frontmatter has the most downloads (29.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ numscan, extract-frontmatter have not been updated in over a year.
- •numscan, chunk are pre-1.0 — API may change.