Decision Workspace
rust-ini vs tini vs cini
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
rust-ini
growingv0.21.3
An Ini configuration file parsing library in Rust
53
tini
growingv1.3.0
A tiny ini parsing library
52
cini
growingv1.0.0
A small callback based library for parsing ini files
Core Metrics
| rust-ini | tini | cini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 53 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 81.4M | 399.0K | 1.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 6.9M | 39.6K | 40.7K |
| Dependents | 2.5K | 41 | 29 |
| Releases | 47 | 9 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 209d ago | 1592d ago | 1500d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 10y | 7y |
Health Breakdown
rust-ini
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
tini
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
cini
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rust-ini | tini | cini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.21.3 | 1.3.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 10KB | 3KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.64 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rust-ini leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-ini is depended on by 2.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tini, cini have not been updated in over a year.
- •rust-ini is pre-1.0 — API may change.