Decision Workspace
snzip vs oxiarc-snappy vs snap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
25
snzip
growingv0.1.0
Snappy / Snzip framing format Read/Write
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
| snzip | oxiarc-snappy | snap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 25 | 63 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6K | 5.9K | 99.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.1K | 3.7M |
| Dependents | 0 | 55 | 4.7K |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 3867d ago | today | 951d ago |
| Age | 11y 1m | 3m | 9y 11m |
Health Breakdown
snzip
Maintenance
1
Quality
8
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
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
| snzip | oxiarc-snappy | snap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.3.6 | 1.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | WTFPL | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 65KB | 34KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 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.
- •⚠ snzip, snap have not been updated in over a year.
- •snzip, oxiarc-snappy are pre-1.0 — API may change.