Decision Workspace
pure-magic vs magic-rs vs libmagic-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
pure-magic
experimentalv0.3.2
Safe Rust re-implementation of libmagic
36
magic-rs
experimentalv0.1.0
Safe Rust re-implementation of libmagic
49
libmagic-rs
experimentalv0.6.0
A pure-Rust implementation of libmagic for file type identification
Core Metrics
| pure-magic | magic-rs | libmagic-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 36 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 2.8K | 190 | 667 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 48 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 192d ago | 30d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
pure-magic
Maintenance
20
Quality
8
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
magic-rs
Maintenance
5
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
libmagic-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
8
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pure-magic | magic-rs | libmagic-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 0.1.0 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 OR BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 18 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 64KB | 51KB | 954KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 7.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88.0 | 1.87.0 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pure-magic leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.