Decision Workspace
smol_strc vs small_hash_map vs abin
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
smol_strc
experimentalv0.3.6
smol_str forks, replace Arc with Rc
49
small_hash_map
experimentalv1.0.1
A hash map optimized for small collections with automatic stack-to-heap transition
43
abin
growingv0.1.6
A library for working with binaries and strings. The library tries to avoid heap-allocations / memory-copy whenever possible by automatically choosing a reasonable strategy: stack for small binaries; static-lifetime-binary or reference-counting.
Core Metrics
| smol_strc | small_hash_map | abin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 49 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 308 | 39 | 7.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 63 | 5 | 7 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 23d ago | 65d ago | 1996d ago |
| Age | 4m | 2m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
smol_strc
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
small_hash_map
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
abin
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| smol_strc | small_hash_map | abin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.6 | 1.0.1 | 0.1.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 16KB | 55KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •smol_strc leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •abin has the most downloads (7.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ abin has not been updated in over a year.
- •smol_strc, abin are pre-1.0 — API may change.