Decision Workspace
rzopfli vs deflate vs zenflate
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
rzopfli
growingv0.1.6
A lossless data compression tool using Zopfli
60
deflate
growingv1.0.0
A DEFLATE, zlib and gzip encoder written in Rust.
53
zenflate
experimentalv0.3.6
Pure Rust DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression and decompression
Core Metrics
| rzopfli | deflate | zenflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 60 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 6.0K | 33.1M | 7.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 844.9K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 509 | 15 |
| Releases | 7 | 38 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 350d ago | 1706d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 1y 11m | 9y 9m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
rzopfli
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
deflate
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
zenflate
Maintenance
15
Quality
8
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rzopfli | deflate | zenflate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial |
| Dependencies | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 63KB | 189KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 23.7% | 50.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •deflate leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •deflate is depended on by 509 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ deflate has not been updated in over a year.
- •rzopfli, zenflate are pre-1.0 — API may change.