Decision Workspace
snipsnap vs oxiarc-snappy vs snap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
snipsnap
experimentalv0.0.2
Small, fast Snappy raw block and framed stream encoder/decoder
63
oxiarc-snappy
experimentalv0.3.6
Pure Rust Snappy compression implementation with block and framed format support
57
snap
growingv1.1.1
A pure Rust implementation of the Snappy compression algorithm. Includes streaming compression and decompression.
Core Metrics
| snipsnap | oxiarc-snappy | snap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 63 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 72 | 5.9K | 99.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.1K | 3.7M |
| Dependents | 0 | 55 | 4.7K |
| Releases | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 37d ago | today | 951d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 9y 11m |
Health Breakdown
snipsnap
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
oxiarc-snappy
Maintenance
20
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
snap
Maintenance
5
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| snipsnap | oxiarc-snappy | snap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 0.3.6 | 1.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 1.0MB | 65KB | 34KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oxiarc-snappy leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •snap has the most downloads (99.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •snap is depended on by 4.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ snap has not been updated in over a year.
- •snipsnap, oxiarc-snappy are pre-1.0 — API may change.