Decision Workspace
stringslice vs simdutf8 vs substring
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
stringslice
growingv0.2.0
A collection of methods to slice strings based on character indices rather than bytes
58
simdutf8
growingv0.1.5
SIMD-accelerated UTF-8 validation.
54
substring
growingv1.4.5
A substring method for string types.
Core Metrics
| stringslice | simdutf8 | substring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 58 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 163.1K | 107.6M | 7.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 5.0K | 10.8M | 555.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.5K | 2.9K |
| Releases | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 816d ago | 551d ago | 1877d ago |
| Age | 5y | 4y 11m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
stringslice
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
simdutf8
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
substring
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| stringslice | simdutf8 | substring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.5 | 1.4.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 28KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •simdutf8 leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •substring is depended on by 2.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ stringslice, simdutf8, substring have not been updated in over a year.
- •stringslice, simdutf8 are pre-1.0 — API may change.