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rust_readability vs textstat vs Rust_Grammar

Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates

36
rust_readability
growingv0.2.0

A package to assess the complexity of texts using a variety of readability formulas.

51
textstat
experimentalv0.1.1

Readability metrics for English text: Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG, ARI, Coleman-Liau, plus word/sentence/syllable counts. Zero-dependency, no_std.

50
Rust_Grammar
growingv2.2.0

A comprehensive, production-ready text analysis library and REST API server. Features 19+ professional writing analysis tools including grammar checking, readability metrics, passive voice detection, style scoring, and more. Provides both CLI and REST API interfaces with 6 specialized endpoints.

Core Metrics

rust_readabilitytextstatRust_Grammar
Health Score365150
Total Downloads5.4K33171
30d Downloads000
Dependents000
Releases424
Last Updated727d ago21d ago188d ago
Age3y 10m22d6m

Health Breakdown

rust_readability
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
textstat
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Rust_Grammar
Maintenance
16
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15

Technical Details

rust_readabilitytextstatRust_Grammar
Version0.2.00.1.12.2.0
Stable (≥1.0)✗ No✗ No✓ Yes
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-laterMIT OR Apache-2.0MIT
Dependencies6040
Crate Size4KB13KB132KB
Features007
Yanked %0.0%0.0%50.0%
Edition202120212021
MSRV—1.811.75
Owners111

Links

rust_readability detail →GitHub ↗crates.io ↗
textstat detail →GitHub ↗Docs ↗crates.io ↗
Rust_Grammar detail →GitHub ↗Docs ↗crates.io ↗

Quick Verdict

  • •textstat leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
  • •rust_readability has the most downloads (5.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
  • •⚠ rust_readability has not been updated in over a year.
  • •rust_readability, textstat are pre-1.0 — API may change.