Decision Workspace
szip vs snap vs oxiarc-snappy
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
szip
growingv1.0.0
A fast command line tool for snappy compression and decompression.
57
snap
growingv1.1.1
A pure Rust implementation of the Snappy compression algorithm. Includes streaming compression and decompression.
56
oxiarc-snappy
experimentalv0.3.0
Pure Rust Snappy compression implementation with block and framed format support
Core Metrics
| szip | snap | oxiarc-snappy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 57 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 6.1K | 89.1M | 3.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 5.5M | 1.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.2K | 30 |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2292d ago | 902d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 9y 9m | 9y 9m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
szip
Maintenance
3
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
snap
Maintenance
5
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
oxiarc-snappy
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| szip | snap | oxiarc-snappy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 1.1.1 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 34KB | 47KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •snap leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •snap is depended on by 4.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ szip, snap have not been updated in over a year.
- •oxiarc-snappy is pre-1.0 — API may change.