Decision Workspace
toon-format-rs vs ison-rs vs temporal-cortex-toon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
toon-format-rs
experimentalv0.1.0
Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) parser and serializer for Rust
52
ison-rs
experimentalv1.0.1
ISON (Interchange Simple Object Notation) parser for Rust - A token-efficient data format for AI/LLM workflows
51
temporal-cortex-toon
experimentalv0.3.1
TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) encoder/decoder — compact JSON for LLMs
Core Metrics
| toon-format-rs | ison-rs | temporal-cortex-toon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 272 | 151 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 147d ago | 87d ago |
| Age | 15d | 5m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
toon-format-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
ison-rs
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
temporal-cortex-toon
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| toon-format-rs | ison-rs | temporal-cortex-toon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 21KB | 46KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ison-rs leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •toon-format-rs, temporal-cortex-toon are pre-1.0 — API may change.