Decision Workspace
pulldown-latex vs tex2math vs mathlex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
pulldown-latex
growingv0.7.1
Pull parser to convert LaTeX equations to MathML
49
tex2math
experimentalv1.2.1
A blazing fast, zero-copy LaTeX to MathML conversion library and CLI.
58
mathlex
experimentalv0.4.1
Mathematical expression parser for LaTeX and plain text notation, producing a language-agnostic AST
Core Metrics
| pulldown-latex | tex2math | mathlex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 49 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 28.7K | 133 | 455 |
| 30d Downloads | 2.4K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| Releases | 12 | 7 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 550d ago | 33d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 2y | 1m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
pulldown-latex
Maintenance
7
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
tex2math
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mathlex
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pulldown-latex | tex2math | mathlex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 1.2.1 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | LGPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 766KB | 56KB | 271KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.74.1 | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mathlex leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pulldown-latex has the most downloads (28.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pulldown-latex has not been updated in over a year.
- •pulldown-latex, mathlex are pre-1.0 — API may change.