Decision Workspace
ouch vs szip vs oxiarc-lz4
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
ouch
growingv0.7.1
A command-line utility for easily compressing and decompressing files and directories.
42
szip
growingv1.0.0
A fast command line tool for snappy compression and decompression.
64
oxiarc-lz4
experimentalv0.3.0
Pure Rust LZ4 compression implementation with LZ4-HC
Core Metrics
| ouch | szip | oxiarc-lz4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 42 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 44.5K | 6.1K | 9.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 3.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| Releases | 18 | 3 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 28d ago | 2292d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 5y 2m | 9y 9m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
ouch
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
szip
Maintenance
3
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
oxiarc-lz4
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| ouch | szip | oxiarc-lz4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 47 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 89KB | 5KB | 57KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oxiarc-lz4 leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ouch has the most downloads (44.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •oxiarc-lz4 is depended on by 123 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ szip has not been updated in over a year.
- •ouch, oxiarc-lz4 are pre-1.0 — API may change.