Decision Workspace
soft-canonicalize vs normpath vs pathkit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
soft-canonicalize
experimentalv0.5.6
Path canonicalization that works with non-existing paths.
63
normpath
stablev1.5.1
More reliable path manipulation
58
pathkit
stablev1.4.1
Similar to the Path structure provided by python's pathlib, it provides various async/sync versions of file manipulation methods in addition to some of the std::Path built-in methods.
Core Metrics
| soft-canonicalize | normpath | pathkit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 63 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 31.7K | 26.0M | 7.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.8K | 1.1M | 0 |
| Dependents | 67 | 1.2K | 5 |
| Releases | 34 | 14 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 86d ago | 70d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 12m | 5y 8m | 1y 6m |
Health Breakdown
soft-canonicalize
Maintenance
14
Quality
9
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
normpath
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
pathkit
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| soft-canonicalize | normpath | pathkit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.6 | 1.5.1 | 1.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 291KB | 25KB | 35KB |
| Features | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 29.4% | 7.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | 1.81.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •normpath leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •normpath is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •soft-canonicalize is pre-1.0 — API may change.