Decision Workspace
parquet-lite vs parquet vs parquet-variant
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
parquet-lite
experimentalv0.2.0
A lightweight, pure-Rust alternative to the official Apache Parquet crate — minimal dependencies, small binary size, WASM-compatible
72
parquet
stablev58.3.0
Apache Parquet implementation in Rust
63
parquet-variant
growingv58.3.0
Apache Parquet Variant implementation in Rust
Core Metrics
| parquet-lite | parquet | parquet-variant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 72 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 55.9M | 569.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 4.0M | 80.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 5.5K | 78 |
| Releases | 1 | 118 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 14d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 14d | 8y 1m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
parquet-lite
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
parquet
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
parquet-variant
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| parquet-lite | parquet | parquet-variant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 58.3.0 | 58.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 56 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 910KB | 89KB |
| Features | 5 | 18 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •parquet leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •parquet is depended on by 5.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •parquet-lite is pre-1.0 — API may change.