Decision Workspace
touchstone vs pest vs lol_html
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
touchstone
growingv0.14.1
Touchstone (s2p, etc.) file parser, plotter, and more
78
pest
stablev2.8.7
The Elegant Parser
77
lol_html
stablev3.0.0
Streaming HTML rewriter/parser with CSS selector-based API
Core Metrics
| touchstone | pest | lol_html | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 78 | 77 |
| Total Downloads | 6.3K | 278.5M | 4.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.5K | 11.5M | 298.6K |
| Dependents | 27 | 13.3K | 4.4K |
| Releases | 39 | 91 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 9d ago | 41d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 10y 2m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
touchstone
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
pest
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
lol_html
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| touchstone | pest | lol_html | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.14.1 | 2.8.7 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 3.9MB | 130KB | 161KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.83 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •pest leads with a health score of 78/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pest is depended on by 13.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •touchstone is pre-1.0 — API may change.