Decision Workspace
taml vs rust-yaml vs configparser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
taml
growingv0.0.11
A kind-to-humans configuration language.
64
rust-yaml
growingv1.0.1
A fast, safe YAML 1.2 library for Rust
60
configparser
growingv3.1.0
A simple configuration parsing utility with no dependencies that allows you to parse INI and ini-style syntax. You can use this to write Rust programs which can be customized by end users easily.
Core Metrics
| taml | rust-yaml | configparser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 64 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 23.5K | 16.6K | 24.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 7.2K | 931.9K |
| Dependents | 4 | 13 | 1.7K |
| Releases | 11 | 7 | 38 |
| Last Updated | 1758d ago | 6d ago | 713d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 9m | 5y 11m |
Health Breakdown
taml
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
rust-yaml
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
configparser
Maintenance
7
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| taml | rust-yaml | configparser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.11 | 1.0.1 | 3.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 16 | 12 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 222KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.5% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rust-yaml leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •configparser has the most downloads (24.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •configparser is depended on by 1.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ taml, configparser have not been updated in over a year.
- •taml is pre-1.0 — API may change.