Decision Workspace
stary-ascii vs rgb-ascii-armor vs ascii-armor
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
stary-ascii
growingv0.1.3
Types-safe ASCII-encoded u8s.
57
rgb-ascii-armor
growingv1.0.1
ASCII Armor: binary to text encoding library and command-line utility
50
ascii-armor
growingv0.9.0
ASCII Armor: binary to text encoding library and command-line utility
Core Metrics
| stary-ascii | rgb-ascii-armor | ascii-armor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 57 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 3.8K | 18.0K | 92.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.4K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 5 | 9 | 46 |
| Releases | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 694d ago | 115d ago | 604d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 7m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
stary-ascii
Maintenance
10
Quality
11
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rgb-ascii-armor
Maintenance
13
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
ascii-armor
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| stary-ascii | rgb-ascii-armor | ascii-armor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 1.0.1 | 0.9.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | 0BSD | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 19KB | 20KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.82.0 | 1.76.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rgb-ascii-armor leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ascii-armor has the most downloads (92.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ stary-ascii, ascii-armor have not been updated in over a year.
- •stary-ascii, ascii-armor are pre-1.0 — API may change.