Decision Workspace
smaz vs ref_str vs fcsd
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
smaz
growingv0.1.0
Smaz is a simple compression library suitable for compressing very short strings.
51
ref_str
experimentalv0.1.1
Compressed borrowed-or-shared string types for no_std Rust.
40
fcsd
growingv0.2.0
Front-coding string dictionary.
Core Metrics
| smaz | ref_str | fcsd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 51 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 28.6K | 22 | 7.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 704 | 22 | 28 |
| Dependents | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2641d ago | today | 1461d ago |
| Age | 7y 2m | 1d | 4y 6m |
Health Breakdown
smaz
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
ref_str
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
fcsd
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| smaz | ref_str | fcsd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 14KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ref_str leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smaz has the most downloads (28.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ smaz, fcsd have not been updated in over a year.