Decision Workspace
rsplitter vs text-splitter vs shell-words
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
rsplitter
growingv0.2.0
Splitter is a tool to split words from text that contains no spaces.
62
text-splitter
growingv0.32.0
Split text into semantic chunks, up to a desired chunk size. Supports calculating length by characters and tokens, and is callable from Rust and Python.
60
shell-words
growingv1.1.1
Process command line according to parsing rules of UNIX shell
Core Metrics
| rsplitter | text-splitter | shell-words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 62 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 9.6K | 1.7M | 118.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 118.5K | 6.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 908 | 11.7K |
| Releases | 7 | 64 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1422d ago | 27d ago | 215d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 3y 2m | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
rsplitter
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
7
text-splitter
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
shell-words
Maintenance
9
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| rsplitter | text-splitter | shell-words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.32.0 | 1.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 542KB | 63KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.86.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •text-splitter leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shell-words has the most downloads (118.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •shell-words is depended on by 11.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rsplitter has not been updated in over a year.
- •rsplitter, text-splitter are pre-1.0 — API may change.