Decision Workspace
syntacks vs oak-core vs winnow
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
syntacks
growingv0.1.0-alpha0.2
An opinionated parser library for Rust
72
oak-core
experimentalv0.0.10
Core parser combinator library providing fundamental parsing primitives.
69
winnow
stablev1.0.0
A byte-oriented, zero-copy, parser combinators library
Core Metrics
| syntacks | oak-core | winnow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 72 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 3.1K | 7.0K | 473.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 2.1K | 41.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.5K | 3.5K |
| Releases | 3 | 11 | 107 |
| Last Updated | 552d ago | 4d ago | 10d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 5m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
syntacks
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
oak-core
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
20
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
winnow
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| syntacks | oak-core | winnow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-alpha0.2 | 0.0.10 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 70KB | 188KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oak-core leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •winnow has the most downloads (473.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •winnow is depended on by 3.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ syntacks has not been updated in over a year.
- •syntacks, oak-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.