Decision Workspace
pickler vs serde-pickle vs pep-508
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
pickler
experimentalv0.1.0
Library for parsing and manipulating Pickle data
62
serde-pickle
growingv1.2.0
A serde-based serialization library for Python's pickle format
55
pep-508
growingv0.5.0
Python dependency parser for PEP 508
Core Metrics
| pickler | serde-pickle | pep-508 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 62 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 5.2M | 593.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 16 | 375.9K | 310.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.2K | 19 |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 490d ago | 87d ago |
| Age | 12d | 9y 11m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
pickler
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
serde-pickle
Maintenance
6
Quality
18
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
pep-508
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| pickler | serde-pickle | pep-508 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.2.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 321KB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •serde-pickle leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serde-pickle is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ serde-pickle has not been updated in over a year.
- •pickler, pep-508 are pre-1.0 — API may change.