Decision Workspace
qbin vs geo-index vs rstar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
qbin
experimentalv0.2.0
Encoding and decoding geographical coordinates to and from Quadbin, a hierarchical geospatial indexing system for square cells in Web Mercator projection developed by Carto. An improved version of Microsoft's Bing Maps Tile System, aka Quadkey.
66
geo-index
growingv0.3.4
Fast, immutable, ABI-stable spatial indexes.
62
rstar
growingv0.12.2
An R*-tree spatial index
Core Metrics
| qbin | geo-index | rstar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 66 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 55.2K | 20.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 4.5K | 3.1M |
| Dependents | 0 | 27 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 330d ago | 3d ago | 507d ago |
| Age | 11m | 2y 2m | 7y 4m |
Health Breakdown
qbin
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
geo-index
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
rstar
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| qbin | geo-index | rstar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.3.4 | 0.12.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 384KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.75 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •geo-index leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rstar has the most downloads (20.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rstar is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rstar has not been updated in over a year.