Decision Workspace
take_ref vs radium vs grep-matcher
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
take_ref
growingv0.2.0
TakeRef, TakeSlice, and TakeString traits enable treating references/slices and values interchangeably. They can be treated as references/slices. And you can take ownership of the value within with a clone performed only as needed.
65
radium
growingv1.1.1
Portable interfaces for maybe-atomic types
56
grep-matcher
growingv0.1.8
A trait for regular expressions, with a focus on line oriented search.
Core Metrics
| take_ref | radium | grep-matcher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 65 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 2.9K | 175.9M | 6.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 11.8M | 491.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 54 | 464 |
| Releases | 2 | 20 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 2020d ago | 261d ago | 163d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 6y 10m | 7y 7m |
Health Breakdown
take_ref
Maintenance
3
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
radium
Maintenance
7
Quality
19
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
grep-matcher
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| take_ref | radium | grep-matcher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.1.1 | 0.1.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 14KB | 16KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •radium leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •grep-matcher is depended on by 464 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ take_ref has not been updated in over a year.
- •take_ref, grep-matcher are pre-1.0 — API may change.