Decision Workspace
reasoning-parser vs xgrammar-rs vs gguf-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
reasoning-parser
experimentalv1.2.1
Parser for AI model reasoning/thinking outputs (chain-of-thought, etc.)
58
xgrammar-rs
experimentalv0.1.32
Efficient, Flexible and Portable Structured Generation for Rust - Rust bindings for XGrammar
56
gguf-rs
growingv0.1.7
GGUF file parser
Core Metrics
| reasoning-parser | xgrammar-rs | gguf-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 58 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 190.0K | 1.4K | 13.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 121.1K | 670 | 654 |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| Releases | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 2d ago | 40d ago |
| Age | 2m | 4m | 2y 2m |
Health Breakdown
reasoning-parser
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
xgrammar-rs
Maintenance
22
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
gguf-rs
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| reasoning-parser | xgrammar-rs | gguf-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.1 | 0.1.32 | 0.1.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 120KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •xgrammar-rs leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •reasoning-parser has the most downloads (190.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •xgrammar-rs, gguf-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.