Decision Workspace
smiles-parser vs opensmiles vs yowl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
smiles-parser
growingv0.4.1
SMILES (chemical formula) parser based on the OpenSMILES spec
53
opensmiles
experimentalv0.1.3
A SMILES parser following the OpenSMILES specification
42
yowl
experimentalv0.4.0
Primitives for reading and writing the SMILES language
Core Metrics
| smiles-parser | opensmiles | yowl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 53 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2K | 179 | 2.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 109 | 59 |
| Dependents | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Releases | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1958d ago | 24d ago | 285d ago |
| Age | 6y 4m | 1m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
smiles-parser
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
opensmiles
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
yowl
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| smiles-parser | opensmiles | yowl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.1.3 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 144KB | 55KB | 217KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •opensmiles leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smiles-parser has the most downloads (8.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ smiles-parser has not been updated in over a year.