Decision Workspace
ratag vs lofty vs audiotags
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
ratag
experimentalv0.1.1
Simple, fast and reliable audio tag reader.
61
lofty
growingv0.23.3
Audio metadata library
50
audiotags
growingv0.5.0
Unified IO for different types of audio metadata
Core Metrics
| ratag | lofty | audiotags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 61 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 143 | 503.9K | 111.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 42.9K | 2.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 819 | 134 |
| Releases | 2 | 55 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 54d ago | 13d ago | 786d ago |
| Age | 4m | 4y 11m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
ratag
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
lofty
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
audiotags
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| ratag | lofty | audiotags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.23.3 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 264KB | 1.2MB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •lofty leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lofty is depended on by 819 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ audiotags has not been updated in over a year.