Decision Workspace
unicop vs unicode-bidi vs homoglyph-detect
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
unicop
growingv0.1.1
Tool for scanning source code for potentially malicious unicode code points. Helps prevent Trojan source bidi attacks, homoglyph attacks, invisible character attacks etc. Intended to run manually or in CI to help with supply chain security.
63
unicode-bidi
growingv0.3.18
Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
48
homoglyph-detect
experimentalv0.1.0
Detect Cyrillic/Greek lookalike chars masquerading as ASCII. For prompt-injection and phishing defense. Zero deps.
Core Metrics
| unicop | unicode-bidi | homoglyph-detect | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 63 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 10.1K | 405.8M | 13 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 24.4M | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.1K | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 31 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 33d ago | 525d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 10y 11m | 9d |
Health Breakdown
unicop
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
unicode-bidi
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
homoglyph-detect
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| unicop | unicode-bidi | homoglyph-detect | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.3.18 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 58KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.47.0 | 1.74 |
| Owners | 2 | 6 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •unicode-bidi leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •unicode-bidi is depended on by 1.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unicode-bidi has not been updated in over a year.