Decision Workspace
soft-ascii-string vs tinystr vs byte_string
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
soft-ascii-string
growingv1.1.0
char/str/string wrappers which add a "is-ascii" soft constraint
63
tinystr
growingv0.8.3
A small ASCII-only bounded length string representation.
51
byte_string
growingv1.0.0
Wrapper types for outputting byte strings (b"Hello") using the Debug ({:?}) format.
Core Metrics
| soft-ascii-string | tinystr | byte_string | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 63 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 19.3K | 438.5M | 2.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 30.1M | 42.0K |
| Dependents | 32 | 658 | 257 |
| Releases | 6 | 35 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2354d ago | 103d ago | 3578d ago |
| Age | 8y 8m | 6y 11m | 9y 9m |
Health Breakdown
soft-ascii-string
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
tinystr
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
byte_string
Maintenance
1
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| soft-ascii-string | tinystr | byte_string | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 | 0.8.3 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Unicode-3.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 25KB | 9KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.82 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tinystr leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tinystr is depended on by 658 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ soft-ascii-string, byte_string have not been updated in over a year.
- •tinystr is pre-1.0 — API may change.