Decision Workspace
phonologist vs phonetics-rs vs varna
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
phonologist
experimentalv1.0.1
Parse phonemes in the International Phonetic Alphabet
48
phonetics-rs
experimentalv0.3.1
IPA-based phonetic distance metrics: strict edit distance, listener-confusion distance, and per-phoneme acoustic and perceptual scoring. Calibrated against Mad Gab puzzle data; tunable per dialect.
56
varna
experimentalv1.0.0
Varna — multilingual language engine: phoneme inventories, G2P rules, scripts, grammar, and lexicon for 50+ languages
Core Metrics
| phonologist | phonetics-rs | varna | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 48 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 141 | 59 | 283 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Releases | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 83d ago | 13d ago | 54d ago |
| Age | 2m | 13d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
phonologist
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
phonetics-rs
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
varna
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| phonologist | phonetics-rs | varna | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 0.3.1 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 29KB | 77KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •varna leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •phonetics-rs is pre-1.0 — API may change.