Decision Workspace
text-scanner vs any-lexer vs perl-token
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
text-scanner
growingv0.0.3
A UTF-8 char-oriented, zero-copy, text and code scanning library
43
any-lexer
growingv0.0.3
Lexers for various programming languages and formats
57
perl-token
experimentalv0.15.0
Token definitions for Perl parser
Core Metrics
| text-scanner | any-lexer | perl-token | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 43 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 7.5K | 7.4K | 987 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Releases | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 1060d ago | 1060d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 2y 11m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
text-scanner
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
any-lexer
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
perl-token
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| text-scanner | any-lexer | perl-token | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.3 | 0.0.3 | 0.15.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Zlib | Zlib | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 8KB | 52KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.95 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •perl-token leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •text-scanner has the most downloads (7.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ text-scanner, any-lexer have not been updated in over a year.