Decision Workspace
parser-combinators vs combine vs combine-language
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
parser-combinators
growingv0.7.1
**DEPRECEATED** Parser combinators based on the Haskell library parsec. This library has been renamed to combine. See https://crates.io/crates/combine for more recent versions **DEPRECEATED**
60
combine
growingv4.6.7
Fast parser combinators on arbitrary streams with zero-copy support.
44
combine-language
growingv4.0.0
Extra parser combinators, useful for parsing programming languages.
Core Metrics
| parser-combinators | combine | combine-language | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 60 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 42.8K | 154.8M | 69.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 91 | 10.5M | 294 |
| Dependents | 9 | 1.5K | 6 |
| Releases | 19 | 81 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 3271d ago | 716d ago | 1929d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 10y 8m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
parser-combinators
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
combine
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
combine-language
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| parser-combinators | combine | combine-language | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 4.6.7 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 135KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •combine leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •combine is depended on by 1.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ parser-combinators, combine, combine-language have not been updated in over a year.
- •parser-combinators is pre-1.0 — API may change.