Decision Workspace
rustmatica vs fastnbt vs hematite-nbt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
rustmatica
growingv0.5.2
A Rust library for reading, editing, and writing Minecraft litematic files
62
fastnbt
stablev2.6.1
Serde deserializer for Minecraft's NBT format
52
hematite-nbt
growingv0.5.2
A full-featured library for working with Minecraft's Named Binary Tag (NBT) file format, including Serde support.
Core Metrics
| rustmatica | fastnbt | hematite-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 62 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.5K | 146.7K | 92.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 5.6K | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 184 | 139 |
| Releases | 9 | 42 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 475d ago | 71d ago | 1836d ago |
| Age | 3y 2m | 6y | 10y 5m |
Health Breakdown
rustmatica
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
fastnbt
Maintenance
15
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
hematite-nbt
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| rustmatica | fastnbt | hematite-nbt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 2.6.1 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 7 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 73KB | 40KB |
| Features | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastnbt leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fastnbt is depended on by 184 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rustmatica, hematite-nbt have not been updated in over a year.
- •rustmatica, hematite-nbt are pre-1.0 — API may change.