Decision Workspace
taro vs tarutil vs tar_light
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
taro
growingv0.1.0
In-place tar file extractor for memory-limited systems
43
tarutil
growingv0.5.0
CLI utility to extract tarballs with conflicting file paths on case-insensitive operating systems
56
tar_light
experimentalv0.1.9
Simple tar archive reader and writer library
Core Metrics
| taro | tarutil | tar_light | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 43 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 7.4K | 419 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 9 | 73 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 2584d ago | 821d ago | 119d ago |
| Age | 7y | 2y 3m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
taro
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
tarutil
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
tar_light
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| taro | tarutil | tar_light | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 71KB | 8KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tar_light leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tarutil has the most downloads (7.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ taro, tarutil have not been updated in over a year.