Decision Workspace
photon-geocoding vs osmic-extract vs pbf-reader
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
photon-geocoding
growingv1.1.1
An API client for Komoot's Photon API written in and for Rust.
47
osmic-extract
experimentalv0.1.1
Business entity extraction from OSM PBF — tag-based filtering, contact metadata, deduplication
32
pbf-reader
growingv0.1.9
Fast openstreetmap PBF file format reader. Reads Nodes, Ways, Relations. It uses mpsc::channell and multiple threads to do job as fast as possible.
Core Metrics
| photon-geocoding | osmic-extract | pbf-reader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 47 | 32 |
| Total Downloads | 9.1K | 43 | 15.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 1011d ago | 17d ago | 2454d ago |
| Age | 3y 7m | 1m | 10y 3m |
Health Breakdown
photon-geocoding
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
osmic-extract
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
pbf-reader
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
6
Technical Details
| photon-geocoding | osmic-extract | pbf-reader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 24KB | 43KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | 1.64 | 1.94 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •photon-geocoding leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pbf-reader has the most downloads (15.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ photon-geocoding, pbf-reader have not been updated in over a year.
- •osmic-extract, pbf-reader are pre-1.0 — API may change.