Decision Workspace
puff vs smolcase vs gonfig
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
puff
growingv0.1.7
puff is a CLI tool that manages private configuration/secret files of your dev projects
52
smolcase
growingv1.3.0
Zero-infrastructure secret management for development teams.
51
gonfig
experimentalv0.1.12
A unified configuration management library for Rust that seamlessly integrates environment variables, config files, and CLI arguments
Core Metrics
| puff | smolcase | gonfig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 12.4K | 1.6K | 2.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 6 | 58 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 1509d ago | 251d ago | 76d ago |
| Age | 4y 2m | 8m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
puff
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
smolcase
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
gonfig
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| puff | smolcase | gonfig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 1.3.0 | 0.1.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 24 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 41KB | 35KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •smolcase leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •puff has the most downloads (12.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ puff has not been updated in over a year.
- •puff, gonfig are pre-1.0 — API may change.