Decision Workspace
precompress vs webcomp vs armature-compression
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
precompress
growingv0.5.1
Precompress a directory of assets
37
webcomp
growingv1.0.0
webcomp (WEB COMPressor) is a command-line tool that compresses files into multiple formats, including Brotli, Compress (LZW), Deflate, Gzip, and Zstandard. It helps generate pre-compressed files for hosting on web servers to reduce data traffic.
52
armature-compression
experimentalv0.1.2
HTTP compression middleware with gzip, brotli, and zstd support
Core Metrics
| precompress | webcomp | armature-compression | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 37 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.2K | 944 | 327 |
| 30d Downloads | 34 | 3 | 102 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 438d ago | 87d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 1y 2m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
precompress
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
webcomp
Maintenance
2
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
armature-compression
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| precompress | webcomp | armature-compression | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 270KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •armature-compression leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •precompress has the most downloads (11.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ webcomp has not been updated in over a year.
- •precompress, armature-compression are pre-1.0 — API may change.