Decision Workspace
osm-proto-rs vs osmpbf vs pbfhogg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
osm-proto-rs
growingv0.2.0
Prost-generated native Rust bindings for the OSM PBF file format
56
osmpbf
growingv0.3.8
A reader for the OpenStreetMap PBF file format (*.osm.pbf).
47
pbfhogg
experimentalv0.4.0
Fast OpenStreetMap PBF reader and writer for Rust. Read, write, and merge .osm.pbf files with pipelined parallel decoding.
Core Metrics
| osm-proto-rs | osmpbf | pbfhogg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 56 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 3.5K | 138.0K | 78 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 10.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 109 | 3 |
| Releases | 2 | 36 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 3218d ago | 213d ago | 16d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 8y 6m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
osm-proto-rs
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
osmpbf
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
pbfhogg
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| osm-proto-rs | osmpbf | pbfhogg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.3.8 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 43KB | 3.6MB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •osmpbf leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •osmpbf is depended on by 109 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ osm-proto-rs has not been updated in over a year.