Decision Workspace
thermal-print vs thermal_printer vs cobs_codec_rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
thermal-print
growingv0.2.0
An almost fully featured, no-std-compatible embedded-hal driver for the CSN-A2 thermal printer
31
thermal_printer
growingv0.1.1
High level API for interacting with CSN-A2 thermal printer
64
cobs_codec_rs
experimentalv1.3.0
Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing (COBS) and COBS/R codec: no_std, zero-dependency, for zero-free framing of serial and packet byte streams.
Core Metrics
| thermal-print | thermal_printer | cobs_codec_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 31 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 5.3K | 6.3K | 72 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 833d ago | 2762d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 4y | 9y 2m | 9d |
Health Breakdown
thermal-print
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
thermal_printer
Maintenance
2
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
cobs_codec_rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| thermal-print | thermal_printer | cobs_codec_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.1 | 1.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0+ | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 7KB | 33KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 25.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •cobs_codec_rs leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •thermal_printer has the most downloads (6.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ thermal-print, thermal_printer have not been updated in over a year.
- •thermal-print, thermal_printer are pre-1.0 — API may change.