Decision Workspace
sortby vs itertools vs cursor
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
sortby
growingv0.1.3
adds convenient sort functions for Iterators
71
itertools
growingv0.15.0
Extra iterator adaptors, iterator methods, free functions, and macros.
53
cursor
growingv2.3.0
A more free Rust-Iterator.
Core Metrics
| sortby | itertools | cursor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 71 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 76.8K | 1.3B | 23.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 55.6M | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 153.1K | 3 |
| Releases | 4 | 131 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 1165d ago | 27d ago | 1650d ago |
| Age | 6y | 11y 7m | 4y 6m |
Health Breakdown
sortby
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
itertools
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
cursor
Maintenance
5
Quality
22
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| sortby | itertools | cursor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.15.0 | 2.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 164KB | 80KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •itertools leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •itertools is depended on by 153.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ sortby, cursor have not been updated in over a year.
- •sortby, itertools are pre-1.0 — API may change.