Decision Workspace
splitty vs shell-words vs tstr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
splitty
growingv1.0.2
a string splitter taking quotes into account
63
shell-words
stablev1.1.1
Process command line according to parsing rules of UNIX shell
56
tstr
growingv0.3.0
type-level strings on stable
Core Metrics
| splitty | shell-words | tstr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 63 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 249.0K | 82.8M | 2.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 25.0K | 7.8M | 189.0K |
| Dependents | 137 | 9.5K | 4 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 601d ago | 107d ago | 213d ago |
| Age | 5y 3m | 8y | 5y 2m |
Health Breakdown
splitty
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
shell-words
Maintenance
12
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
tstr
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| splitty | shell-words | tstr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.2 | 1.1.1 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Zlib |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 10KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •shell-words leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shell-words is depended on by 9.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ splitty has not been updated in over a year.
- •tstr is pre-1.0 — API may change.