Decision Workspace
slicedisplay vs bstr vs cow-utils
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
slicedisplay
growingv0.2.2
Simplistic Display implementation for Vecs and slices
70
bstr
stablev1.12.1
A string type that is not required to be valid UTF-8.
52
cow-utils
growingv0.1.3
Copy-on-write string utilities for Rust
Core Metrics
| slicedisplay | bstr | cow-utils | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 70 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 17.2K | 307.0M | 5.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 21.1M | 770.9K |
| Dependents | 79 | 7.3K | 2.6K |
| Releases | 4 | 49 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1369d ago | 211d ago | 972d ago |
| Age | 4y | 7y 7m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
slicedisplay
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
bstr
Maintenance
12
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
cow-utils
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| slicedisplay | bstr | cow-utils | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 1.12.1 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 355KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.73 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bstr leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bstr is depended on by 7.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ slicedisplay, cow-utils have not been updated in over a year.
- •slicedisplay, cow-utils are pre-1.0 — API may change.