Decision Workspace
pq2xl vs tabkit vs xls-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
pq2xl
growingv0.0.1
A simple command line tool for converting parquet files to xlsx or csv
54
tabkit
experimentalv0.4.3
Tabular files → schema + sample rows. The shared spreadsheet reader Tauri / Iced / native desktop apps reach for when they need to introspect XLSX / CSV / TSV without inventing the same calamine-plus-type-inference glue twice.
44
xls-rs
experimentalv0.1.2
A powerful CLI tool and library for spreadsheet manipulation with pandas-style operations. Supports CSV, Excel (XLSX, XLS, ODS), Parquet, and Avro formats with formula evaluation, data transformation, and comprehensive analytics capabilities.
Core Metrics
| pq2xl | tabkit | xls-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 54 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 756 | 332 | 47 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 460d ago | 28d ago | 37d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 28d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
pq2xl
Maintenance
2
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
tabkit
Maintenance
17
Quality
10
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
xls-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| pq2xl | tabkit | xls-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 0.4.3 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 47KB | 213KB |
| Features | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tabkit leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pq2xl has the most downloads (756), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pq2xl has not been updated in over a year.