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silverfish vs fastnbt vs mca
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
silverfish
experimentalv0.3.0
Easily edit Minecraft worlds with a simple, fast and powerful API
65
fastnbt
stablev2.6.1
Serde deserializer for Minecraft's NBT format
60
mca
stablev2.1.2
Reader/Writer for Minecraft Region Files (.mca)
Core Metrics
| silverfish | fastnbt | mca | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 65 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 135.5K | 8.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 5.5K | 193 |
| Dependents | 0 | 178 | 13 |
| Releases | 7 | 42 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 219d ago | 12d ago | 13d ago |
| Age | 7m | 5y 10m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
silverfish
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
fastnbt
Maintenance
18
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
mca
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| silverfish | fastnbt | mca | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 73KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastnbt leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fastnbt is depended on by 178 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •silverfish is pre-1.0 — API may change.