Decision Workspace
pathio vs strict-path vs iocore
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
Data type for storing generic data on a virtual path tree hierarchy. The data is stored in memory, this is not OS file system abstraction, but immitation
Handle paths from external or unknown sources securely. Defends against 19+ real-world CVEs including symlinks, Windows 8.3 short names, and encoding tricks and exploits.
IOCore is a safe library for unix CLI tools and Systems programming. IOCore provides the [`iocore::Path`] abstraction of file-system paths designed to replace most [`std::path`] and [`std::fs`] operations with practical methods, other abstractions include: - handling file-system permissions via [`iocore::PathPermissions`] powered by the crate [`trilobyte`]. - handling file-system timestamps via [`iocore::PathTimestamps`] granularly via [`iocore::PathDateTime`]. IOCore provides the [`iocore::walk_dir`] function and its companion trait [`iocore::WalkProgressHandler`] which traverses file-systems quickly via threads. IOcore provides [`iocore::User`] which provides unix user information such as uid, path to home etc. The module [`iocore::env`] provides [`iocore::env:args`] returns a [`Vec<String>`] from [`std::env:args`], and [`iocore::env:var`] that returns environment variables as string.
Core Metrics
| pathio | strict-path | iocore | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 56 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 21.2K | 2.9K | 32.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 115 | 188 | 319 |
| Dependents | 10 | 5 | 54 |
| Releases | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 861d ago | 68d ago | 248d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 6m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
Technical Details
| pathio | strict-path | iocore | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 0.1.1 | 3.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 114KB | 63KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •strict-path leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •iocore has the most downloads (32.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pathio has not been updated in over a year.
- •pathio, strict-path are pre-1.0 — API may change.