Decision Workspace
pb-jelly vs pb-jelly-gen vs varing
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
pb-jelly
growingv0.0.17
A protobuf runtime for the Rust language developed at Dropbox
48
pb-jelly-gen
growingv0.0.17
A protobuf binding generation framework for the Rust language developed at Dropbox
63
varing
experimentalv0.13.0
Protobuf's varint encoding/decoding for LEB128 friendly types with full const context operations supports.
Core Metrics
| pb-jelly | pb-jelly-gen | varing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 48 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 26.6K | 24.3K | 15.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.7K | 1.8K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 116 | 15 | 23 |
| Releases | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 492d ago | 492d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 5y 6m | 12m |
Health Breakdown
pb-jelly
Maintenance
7
Quality
12
Community
17
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
pb-jelly-gen
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
varing
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pb-jelly | pb-jelly-gen | varing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.17 | 0.0.17 | 0.13.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 86KB | 68KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| Yanked % | 5.9% | 5.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •varing leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pb-jelly has the most downloads (26.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •pb-jelly is depended on by 116 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pb-jelly, pb-jelly-gen have not been updated in over a year.