Decision Workspace
spandex vs tectonic vs oak-tex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
spandex
growingv0.0.4
A modern LaTeX alternative
62
tectonic
growingv0.16.9
A modernized, complete, embeddable TeX/LaTeX engine. Tectonic is forked from the XeTeX extension to the classic "Web2C" implementation of TeX and uses the TeXLive distribution of support files.
56
oak-tex
experimentalv0.0.11
TeX/LaTeX document preparation system parser with support for typesetting commands and macros.
Core Metrics
| spandex | tectonic | oak-tex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 62 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 8.1K | 177.8K | 318 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.9K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 48 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 2375d ago | 39d ago | 57d ago |
| Age | 7y | 9y 2m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
spandex
Maintenance
3
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
tectonic
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
oak-tex
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| spandex | tectonic | oak-tex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.4 | 0.16.9 | 0.0.11 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 42 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 3.6MB | 2.2MB | 37KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tectonic leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tectonic is depended on by 146 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ spandex has not been updated in over a year.