Decision Workspace
relativedelta vs hron vs period
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
relativedelta
growingv0.3.2
Complex date arithmetic: add/subtract months and years without errors, target weekdays, lock dates. Better than Duration for semantic calendar operations.
64
hron
experimentalv1.0.0
Human-readable cron — scheduling expressions that are a superset of what cron can express
53
period
experimentalv0.7.0
A human-friendly date and time library for Rust
Core Metrics
| relativedelta | hron | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 64 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 9.4K | 1.4K | 106 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 41d ago | 94d ago | 92d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
relativedelta
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
hron
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
period
Maintenance
20
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| relativedelta | hron | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 1.0.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0+ | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 48KB | 25KB |
| Features | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 28.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88.0 | 1.93 | 1.93 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hron leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •relativedelta has the most downloads (9.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •relativedelta, period are pre-1.0 — API may change.