Decision Workspace
paperclip vs silent-openapi vs oxidite-openapi
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
paperclip
growingv0.9.5
OpenAPI tooling library for type-safe compile-time checked HTTP APIs
58
silent-openapi
growingv2.16.0
OpenAPI 3.0 support for Silent web framework
53
oxidite-openapi
experimentalv2.0.1
OpenAPI/Swagger documentation generation for Oxidite
Core Metrics
| paperclip | silent-openapi | oxidite-openapi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 58 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 789.2K | 1.6K | 133 |
| 30d Downloads | 16.0K | 46 | 37 |
| Dependents | 75 | 0 | 5 |
| Releases | 19 | 12 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 382d ago | 3d ago | 62d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 7m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
paperclip
Maintenance
6
Quality
7
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
silent-openapi
Maintenance
20
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
oxidite-openapi
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| paperclip | silent-openapi | oxidite-openapi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.5 | 2.16.0 | 2.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 43 | 16 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6.6MB | 48KB | 6KB |
| Features | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 10.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •silent-openapi leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •paperclip has the most downloads (789.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ paperclip has not been updated in over a year.
- •paperclip is pre-1.0 — API may change.