Decision Workspace
rune-md5 vs md5 vs chksum-md5
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
rune-md5
experimentalv0.1.0
Compute MD5 checksums of byte slices and files
60
md5
growingv0.8.0
The package provides the MD5 hash function.
50
chksum-md5
growingv0.1.0
An implementation of the MD5 hash function with a straightforward interface for computing digests of bytes, files, directories, and more.
Core Metrics
| rune-md5 | md5 | chksum-md5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 60 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 117.3M | 114.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 7.9M | 5.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 12.8K | 127 |
| Releases | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 333d ago | 534d ago |
| Age | 7d | 10y 11m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
rune-md5
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
md5
Maintenance
6
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
chksum-md5
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rune-md5 | md5 | chksum-md5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0/MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 7KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.74.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •md5 leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •md5 is depended on by 12.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ chksum-md5 has not been updated in over a year.