Decision Workspace
unaccent vs icu_normalizer vs secular
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
unaccent
growingv0.1.1
A Rust crate to remove accents from strings, inspired by PostgreSQL's unaccent extension.
70
icu_normalizer
stablev2.2.0
API for normalizing text into Unicode Normalization Forms
47
secular
growingv1.0.1
No Diacr!
Core Metrics
| unaccent | icu_normalizer | secular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 70 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 53.4K | 418.4M | 141.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 3.9K | 31.4M | 1.8K |
| Dependents | 24 | 350 | 206 |
| Releases | 2 | 19 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 515d ago | 103d ago | 1830d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 5y 2m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
unaccent
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
8
icu_normalizer
Maintenance
14
Quality
20
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
secular
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
6
Technical Details
| unaccent | icu_normalizer | secular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 2.2.0 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | non-standard | Unicode-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 78KB | 184KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.86 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •icu_normalizer leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •icu_normalizer is depended on by 350 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unaccent, secular have not been updated in over a year.
- •unaccent is pre-1.0 — API may change.