Decision Workspace
onion-frontend vs boa_engine vs lexit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
onion-frontend
experimentalv0.3.4
Compilation frontend for the Onion programming language - lexer, parser, and IR generator
63
boa_engine
growingv0.21.0
Boa is a Javascript lexer, parser and compiler written in Rust. Currently, it has support for some of the language.
50
lexit
experimentalv0.1.3
A Lexical Analysis tool for defining a language and lexing it into tokens
Core Metrics
| onion-frontend | boa_engine | lexit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 63 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 7.3K | 2.4M | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 52 | 277.6K | 7 |
| Dependents | 26 | 418 | 0 |
| Releases | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 224d ago | 157d ago | 240d ago |
| Age | 10m | 4y | 8m |
Health Breakdown
onion-frontend
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
boa_engine
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
lexit
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| onion-frontend | boa_engine | lexit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.4 | 0.21.0 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 74 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 65KB | 837KB | 38KB |
| Features | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •boa_engine leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •boa_engine is depended on by 418 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.