Decision Workspace
textshrink vs bocu1 vs unicode-segmentation
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
textshrink
experimentalv0.3.0
A minimalistic lib that reduces text size by replacing specific character sequences with single Unicode characters (e.g., 'mm' becomes '㎜'). On average, this compresses text by ~5%, with variation also ~5%.
32
bocu1
growingv0.1.0
BOCU-1 compressed unicode encoding
69
unicode-segmentation
stablev1.13.2
This crate provides Grapheme Cluster, Word and Sentence boundaries according to Unicode Standard Annex #29 rules.
Core Metrics
| textshrink | bocu1 | unicode-segmentation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 32 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 1.6K | 335.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 3 | 23.0M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 12.0K |
| Releases | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 260d ago | 1186d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 9m | 3y 3m | 10y 11m |
Health Breakdown
textshrink
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
bocu1
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
unicode-segmentation
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| textshrink | bocu1 | unicode-segmentation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 | 1.13.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 16KB | 112KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •unicode-segmentation leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •unicode-segmentation is depended on by 12.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bocu1 has not been updated in over a year.
- •textshrink, bocu1 are pre-1.0 — API may change.