Decision Workspace
rapidgeo-polyline vs flexpolyline vs polyline-iter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
rapidgeo-polyline
experimentalv0.1.2
Fast Google Polyline Algorithm encoding/decoding for geographic coordinates
49
flexpolyline
growingv1.0.0
Flexible Polyline encoding: a lossy compressed representation of a list of coordinate pairs or triples
49
polyline-iter
growingv0.3.2
Zero-dependency iterator-based Google Encoded Polyline encoder and decoder
Core Metrics
| rapidgeo-polyline | flexpolyline | polyline-iter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 49 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 681 | 734.1K | 8.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 14.2K | 855 |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 128d ago | 549d ago | 71d ago |
| Age | 6m | 5y 11m | 1y 2m |
Health Breakdown
rapidgeo-polyline
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
flexpolyline
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
polyline-iter
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rapidgeo-polyline | flexpolyline | polyline-iter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 10KB | 12KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rapidgeo-polyline leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flexpolyline has the most downloads (734.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ flexpolyline has not been updated in over a year.
- •rapidgeo-polyline, polyline-iter are pre-1.0 — API may change.