Decision Workspace
shotext vs awful_book_sanitizer vs paperdown
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
shotext
experimentalv1.4.0
High-performance OCR & Full-Text Search Indexer for Screenshots
44
awful_book_sanitizer
experimentalv0.1.3
CLI to clean up OCR-mangled book excerpts into readable text using OpenAI-compatible APIs.
43
paperdown
experimentalv0.2.0
A fast CLI tool to batch convert PDFs into Markdown using GLM-OCR.
Core Metrics
| shotext | awful_book_sanitizer | paperdown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 44 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 176 | 662 | 13 |
| 30d Downloads | 176 | 4 | 13 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 172d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 13d | 5m | 9d |
Health Breakdown
shotext
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
awful_book_sanitizer
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
paperdown
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| shotext | awful_book_sanitizer | paperdown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 | 0.1.3 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 25 | 7 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 44KB | 878KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •shotext leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •awful_book_sanitizer has the most downloads (662), suggesting wider adoption.
- •awful_book_sanitizer, paperdown are pre-1.0 — API may change.