Decision Workspace
tinystring vs bytepunch-rs vs smaz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
29
tinystring
growingv0.1.0
A string compression tool with dictionary generation.
46
bytepunch-rs
experimentalv0.1.0
Profile-aware semantic compression for structured documents (CML and beyond)
40
smaz
growingv0.1.0
Smaz is a simple compression library suitable for compressing very short strings.
Core Metrics
| tinystring | bytepunch-rs | smaz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 46 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 264 | 28.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 147 | 704 |
| Dependents | 0 | 7 | 49 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2266d ago | 95d ago | 2641d ago |
| Age | 6y 2m | 3m | 7y 2m |
Health Breakdown
tinystring
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
6
bytepunch-rs
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
smaz
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| tinystring | bytepunch-rs | smaz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 16KB | 5KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bytepunch-rs leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smaz has the most downloads (28.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tinystring, smaz have not been updated in over a year.