Decision Workspace
protohoggr vs lencode vs length-delimited
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
protohoggr
experimentalv0.4.0
Zero-copy protobuf wire-format primitives: varint, zigzag, cursor-based decoder, field encoders, packed repeated fields.
54
lencode
growingv1.1.0
A crate for encoding and decoding variable-length data using the Lencode varint encoding scheme and deduplication
47
length-delimited
growingv0.2.0
Protobuf like length-delimited encoding/decoding
Core Metrics
| protohoggr | lencode | length-delimited | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 110 | 2.4K | 1.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 43d ago | 34d ago | 476d ago |
| Age | 1m | 8m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
protohoggr
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
lencode
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
length-delimited
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| protohoggr | lencode | length-delimited | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 1.1.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 31 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 111KB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | 1.81.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lencode leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ length-delimited has not been updated in over a year.
- •protohoggr, length-delimited are pre-1.0 — API may change.