Decision Workspace
unaccent vs secular vs unicode-normalization
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
unaccent
growingv0.1.1
A Rust crate to remove accents from strings, inspired by PostgreSQL's unaccent extension.
48
secular
growingv1.0.1
No Diacr!
64
unicode-normalization
growingv0.1.25
This crate provides functions for normalization of Unicode strings, including Canonical and Compatible Decomposition and Recomposition, as described in Unicode Standard Annex #15.
Core Metrics
| unaccent | secular | unicode-normalization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 48 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 30.9K | 131.6K | 400.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 4.1K | 2.8K | 19.8M |
| Dependents | 16 | 202 | 5.6K |
| Releases | 2 | 6 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 407d ago | 1722d ago | 148d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 5y 12m | 10y 11m |
Health Breakdown
unaccent
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
secular
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
6
unicode-normalization
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| unaccent | secular | unicode-normalization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.0.1 | 0.1.25 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 184KB | 128KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.36 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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Quick Verdict
- •unicode-normalization leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •unicode-normalization is depended on by 5.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unaccent, secular have not been updated in over a year.
- •unaccent, unicode-normalization are pre-1.0 — API may change.