Decision Workspace
rust-locale vs posix-space vs pure-rust-locales
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
rust-locale
growingv0.1.4
POSIX.1 locale extension for Rust
56
posix-space
growingv1.0.4
Pure Rust implementation of `isspace` for the POSIX locale
55
pure-rust-locales
growingv0.8.2
Pure Rust locales imported directly from the GNU C Library. `LC_COLLATE` and `LC_CTYPE` are not yet supported.
Core Metrics
| rust-locale | posix-space | pure-rust-locales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 56 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 6.6K | 64.5K | 6.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.4K | 221.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 194 |
| Releases | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 1520d ago | 1137d ago | 271d ago |
| Age | 4y 2m | 3y 11m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
rust-locale
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
posix-space
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
14
pure-rust-locales
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| rust-locale | posix-space | pure-rust-locales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 1.0.4 | 0.8.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 336KB | 5KB | 180KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.31.0 | 1.56.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •posix-space leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pure-rust-locales has the most downloads (6.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •pure-rust-locales is depended on by 194 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rust-locale, posix-space have not been updated in over a year.
- •rust-locale, pure-rust-locales are pre-1.0 — API may change.