Decision Workspace
unicode-reverse vs krnlstring vs tinystr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
unicode-reverse
growingv1.0.9
Unicode-aware in-place string reversal
39
krnlstring
growingv0.1.0
Safe Rust abstractions for handling Windows Unicode strings (`UNICODE_STRING`) in `#![no_std]` environments.
61
tinystr
growingv0.8.2
A small ASCII-only bounded length string representation.
Core Metrics
| unicode-reverse | krnlstring | tinystr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 39 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 3.8M | 1.2K | 265.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 565.3K | 4 | 34.5M |
| Dependents | 34 | 0 | 627 |
| Releases | 10 | 1 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 742d ago | 568d ago | 150d ago |
| Age | 9y 3m | 1y 6m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
unicode-reverse
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
krnlstring
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
tinystr
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| unicode-reverse | krnlstring | tinystr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.9 | 0.1.0 | 0.8.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Unicode-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 6KB | 24KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.82 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tinystr leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tinystr is depended on by 627 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unicode-reverse, krnlstring have not been updated in over a year.
- •krnlstring, tinystr are pre-1.0 — API may change.