Decision Workspace
rust-lzma vs xz-rs vs oxiarc-lzma
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
rust-lzma
growingv0.6.0
Simple interface for LZMA compression and decompression.
38
xz-rs
growingv0.1.0
A pure-Rust implementation of xz-utils
60
oxiarc-lzma
experimentalv0.3.6
Pure Rust LZMA/LZMA2 compression with custom dictionaries, memory pool, parallel and streaming support for OxiArc
Core Metrics
| rust-lzma | xz-rs | oxiarc-lzma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 38 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 323.2K | 747 | 7.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 4.1K | 0 | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 332 | 0 | 36 |
| Releases | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 1192d ago | 461d ago | today |
| Age | 10y 5m | 1y 3m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
rust-lzma
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
xz-rs
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
oxiarc-lzma
Maintenance
20
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rust-lzma | xz-rs | oxiarc-lzma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.3.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 139KB | 6KB | 599KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oxiarc-lzma leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-lzma has the most downloads (323.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-lzma is depended on by 332 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rust-lzma, xz-rs have not been updated in over a year.