Decision Workspace
shellforge vs obfstr vs rand
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
shellforge
experimentalv0.1.0
a highly customizable crate for generating assembly noops and junk code
49
obfstr
growingv0.4.4
Compiletime string constant obfuscation for Rust
73
rand
growingv0.10.0
Random number generators and other randomness functionality.
Core Metrics
| shellforge | obfstr | rand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 49 | 73 |
| Total Downloads | 14 | 1.9M | 996.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 75.0K | 77.6M |
| Dependents | 0 | 167 | 301.4K |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 85 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 538d ago | 47d ago |
| Age | 17d | 7y | 11y 1m |
Health Breakdown
shellforge
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
obfstr
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
rand
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| shellforge | obfstr | rand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.4.4 | 0.10.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 14KB | 106KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 2.4% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rand leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rand is depended on by 301.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ obfstr has not been updated in over a year.