Decision Workspace
tydle vs videoforge vs blob-dl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
tydle
experimentalv0.1.15
YouTube video extractor written in Rust that can be used anywhere in web or native environments, based on an extremely small subset of yt-dlp.
48
videoforge
experimentalv0.1.0
A constrained, typed Rust wrapper for archiving public YouTube videos with yt-dlp
42
blob-dl
growingv1.0.2
A cli tool to make downloading youtube content easy, based on yt-dlp
Core Metrics
| tydle | videoforge | blob-dl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 48 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 518 | 13 | 5.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 95d ago | today | 839d ago |
| Age | 8m | 1d | 2y 12m |
Health Breakdown
tydle
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
videoforge
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
blob-dl
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tydle | videoforge | blob-dl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.15 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 24 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 60KB | 36KB | 28KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tydle leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •blob-dl has the most downloads (5.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ blob-dl has not been updated in over a year.
- •tydle, videoforge are pre-1.0 — API may change.