Decision Workspace
pbbson vs bson vs strict_encoding
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
pbbson
experimentalv0.2.4
Utilities for pbjson to BSON conversion
65
bson
stablev3.1.0
Encoding and decoding support for BSON in Rust
63
strict_encoding
growingv2.9.1
Strict encoding: deterministic & confined binary serialization for strict types
Core Metrics
| pbbson | bson | strict_encoding | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 65 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 12.3K | 16.1M | 393.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 492 | 1.4M | 6.7K |
| Dependents | 46 | 5.1K | 1.5K |
| Releases | 15 | 72 | 104 |
| Last Updated | 38d ago | 127d ago | 312d ago |
| Age | 10m | 10y 9m | 5y 2m |
Health Breakdown
pbbson
Maintenance
18
Quality
7
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
bson
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
strict_encoding
Maintenance
9
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pbbson | bson | strict_encoding | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 3.1.0 | 2.9.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 14 | 30 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 803KB | 137KB | 35KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 6.7% | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | 1.77.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bson leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bson is depended on by 5.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •pbbson is pre-1.0 — API may change.