Decision Workspace
preflate-rs vs simple-zip vs flate2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
preflate-rs
growingv0.7.6
Decompresses existing DEFLATE and PNG streams to allow for better with a more state-of-the-art compression (eg with ZStandard, Brotli) while allowing the exact original binary DEFLATE stream to be recreated by detecting the parameters used during compression.
46
simple-zip
growingv1.0.1
Rust-based Library for File Compression and Decompression
79
flate2
stablev1.1.9
DEFLATE compression and decompression exposed as Read/BufRead/Write streams. Supports miniz_oxide and multiple zlib implementations. Supports zlib, gzip, and raw deflate streams.
Core Metrics
| preflate-rs | simple-zip | flate2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 46 | 79 |
| Total Downloads | 9.5K | 3.0K | 424.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 59 | 6 | 28.7M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 55.6K |
| Releases | 11 | 2 | 77 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 784d ago | 52d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 2y 1m | 11y 4m |
Health Breakdown
preflate-rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
simple-zip
Maintenance
4
Quality
22
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
flate2
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| preflate-rs | simple-zip | flate2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.6 | 1.0.1 | 1.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 73KB | 4KB | 83KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | — | 1.67.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flate2 leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flate2 is depended on by 55.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ simple-zip has not been updated in over a year.
- •preflate-rs is pre-1.0 — API may change.