Decision Workspace
simpleshortener vs linkify vs scrapurl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
simpleshortener
growingv0.2.1
A quite simple link shortener
52
linkify
growingv0.10.0
Finds URLs and email addresses in plain text. Takes care to get the boundaries right with surrounding punctuation like parentheses.
39
scrapurl
experimentalv0.1.0
A colorful Rust CLI tool to scrape and list all links from a given webpage.
Core Metrics
| simpleshortener | linkify | scrapurl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 52 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 4.1K | 2.3M | 409 |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 92.1K | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 1454d ago | 1007d ago | 226d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 8y 10m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
simpleshortener
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
linkify
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
scrapurl
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| simpleshortener | linkify | scrapurl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.10.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 19 | 3 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 22KB | 16KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •linkify leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •linkify is depended on by 387 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ simpleshortener, linkify have not been updated in over a year.