Decision Workspace
trail-config vs cini vs arborium-yaml
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
trail-config
growingv0.3.1
Simple library to help with reading (and formatting) values from config files
52
cini
growingv1.0.0
A small callback based library for parsing ini files
64
arborium-yaml
experimentalv2.16.0
YAML grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
Core Metrics
| trail-config | cini | arborium-yaml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 52 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 6.6K | 1.5M | 23.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 38 | 40.7K | 10.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 29 | 75 |
| Releases | 8 | 3 | 48 |
| Last Updated | 24d ago | 1500d ago | 16d ago |
| Age | 4y 6m | 7y | 3m |
Health Breakdown
trail-config
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
cini
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
arborium-yaml
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| trail-config | cini | arborium-yaml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.0.0 | 2.16.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 3KB | 104KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-yaml leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cini has the most downloads (1.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ cini has not been updated in over a year.
- •trail-config is pre-1.0 — API may change.