Decision Workspace
rune-ascii vs rune-binary vs base-d
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
rune-ascii
experimentalv0.1.0
ASCII table lookup and character conversion — decimal, hex, octal, binary, and char
43
rune-binary
experimentalv0.1.0
Binary representation encoder and decoder — converts bytes to 01010101 bit strings
60
base-d
growingv3.0.34
Universal base encoder: Encode binary data to 33+ dictionaries including RFC standards, hieroglyphs, emoji, and more
Core Metrics
| rune-ascii | rune-binary | base-d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 43 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 13 | 6.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 103 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 15d ago | 34d ago |
| Age | 15d | 15d | 6m |
Health Breakdown
rune-ascii
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
rune-binary
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
base-d
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rune-ascii | rune-binary | base-d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 | 3.0.34 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 6KB | 2.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •base-d leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •base-d is depended on by 154 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rune-ascii, rune-binary are pre-1.0 — API may change.