Decision Workspace
tesseract vs kreuzberg-tesseract vs tesseract-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
tesseract
growingv0.15.2
Higher-level bindings for Tesseract OCR
71
kreuzberg-tesseract
growingv4.10.2
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with cross-compilation, C++17, and caching improvements
59
tesseract-rs
growingv0.3.0
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with optional built-in compilation
Core Metrics
| tesseract | kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 71 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 205.6K | 36.0K | 52.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 19.6K | 3.3K | 8.5K |
| Dependents | 136 | 135 | 29 |
| Releases | 22 | 137 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 450d ago | 1d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 9y 4m | 8m | 1y 9m |
Health Breakdown
tesseract
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
kreuzberg-tesseract
Maintenance
19
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
tesseract-rs
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| tesseract | kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.2 | 4.10.2 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 149KB | 67KB | 89KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 34.8% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.91 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg-tesseract leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tesseract has the most downloads (205.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tesseract is depended on by 136 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tesseract has not been updated in over a year.
- •tesseract, tesseract-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.