Decision Workspace
qstr vs microstr vs arraystring
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
qstr
experimentalv0.2.0
Cache-efficient, stack-allocated string types
54
microstr
experimentalv0.4.0
Stack-allocated string with fixed capacity
48
arraystring
growingv0.3.0
Fixed capacity stack based generic string
Core Metrics
| qstr | microstr | arraystring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 1.9K | 1.4K | 1.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 65.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 347 |
| Releases | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 224d ago | 332d ago | 2730d ago |
| Age | 8m | 11m | 7y 7m |
Health Breakdown
qstr
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
microstr
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
arraystring
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| qstr | microstr | arraystring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 10KB | 30KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | 1.76 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •microstr leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •arraystring has the most downloads (1.8M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •arraystring is depended on by 347 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ arraystring has not been updated in over a year.