Decision Workspace
tesseract-sys vs kreuzberg-tesseract vs tesseract-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
tesseract-sys
growingv0.6.3
Rust Bindings for Tesseract OCR
69
kreuzberg-tesseract
experimentalv4.6.3
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with cross-compilation, C++17, and caching improvements
56
tesseract-rs
growingv0.2.0
Rust bindings for Tesseract OCR with optional built-in compilation
Core Metrics
| tesseract-sys | kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 69 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 214.8K | 14.2K | 29.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 16.1K | 3.3K | 1.9K |
| Dependents | 65 | 74 | 7 |
| Releases | 26 | 78 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 286d ago | today | 4d ago |
| Age | 9y 1m | 4m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
tesseract-sys
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
kreuzberg-tesseract
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
tesseract-rs
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| tesseract-sys | kreuzberg-tesseract | tesseract-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.3 | 4.6.3 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 85KB | 79KB | 84KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.4% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.91 | 1.83.0 |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg-tesseract leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tesseract-sys has the most downloads (214.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tesseract-sys, tesseract-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.