Decision Workspace
rxls vs xls vs calamine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
rxls
experimentalv0.1.1
Native Rust spreadsheet library: reads .xls (BIFF8/5/7), .xlsx, .xlsb, .ods and writes .xlsx. Typed cells, formulas, panic-free, no JVM/POI.
42
xls
experimentalv0.1.0
A terminal spreadsheet: read/write XLS (BIFF8), XLSX and CSV with a built-in formula engine, CLI and TUI.
74
calamine
growingv0.36.0
An Excel/OpenDocument Spreadsheet reader and deserializer in pure Rust
Core Metrics
| rxls | xls | calamine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 42 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 36 | 32 | 9.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 609.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.0K |
| Releases | 2 | 1 | 81 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 37d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 2d | 1m | 9y 8m |
Health Breakdown
rxls
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
xls
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
calamine
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rxls | xls | calamine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.0 | 0.36.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 15 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 481KB | 221KB | 153KB |
| Features | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •calamine leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •calamine is depended on by 3.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.