Decision Workspace
toks vs html5ever vs hotmeal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
toks
growingv1.4.0
Efficient tokens for `html5ever::rcdom::RcDom` `Handle` parsing aiming for O(1) HTML DOM walking & efficiency.
69
html5ever
growingv0.39.0
High-performance browser-grade HTML5 parser
56
hotmeal
experimentalv2.0.3
HTML toolkit with arena-based DOM, html5ever parsing, and serialization
Core Metrics
| toks | html5ever | hotmeal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 69 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 20.5K | 79.2M | 484 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 5.8M | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.0K | 12 |
| Releases | 15 | 75 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 357d ago | 122d ago | 33d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 11y 1m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
toks
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
html5ever
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
hotmeal
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| toks | html5ever | hotmeal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 | 0.39.0 | 2.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 82KB | 446KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71.0 | 1.90 |
| Owners | 1 | 6 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •html5ever leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •html5ever is depended on by 4.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •html5ever is pre-1.0 — API may change.