Decision Workspace
read-url vs url vs iref
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
read-url
growingv0.0.10
Read from a wide variety of URL types
76
url
stablev2.5.8
URL library for Rust, based on the WHATWG URL Standard
71
iref
stablev4.0.0
Uniform & Internationalized Resource Identifiers (URIs/IRIs), borrowed and owned.
Core Metrics
| read-url | url | iref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 76 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 5.7K | 550.9M | 5.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 370 | 39.9M | 350.6K |
| Dependents | 131 | 152.8K | 1.1K |
| Releases | 10 | 89 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 136d ago | 81d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 11y 4m | 6y |
Health Breakdown
read-url
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
url
Maintenance
15
Quality
20
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
iref
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| read-url | url | iref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.10 | 2.5.8 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 24 | 10 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 55KB | 87KB | 87KB |
| Features | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.4% | 25.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.91 | 1.63 | 1.89.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 5 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •url leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •url is depended on by 152.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •read-url is pre-1.0 — API may change.