Decision Workspace
universal-archiver vs datacortex-cli vs rargz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
universal-archiver
growingv0.2.2
A tool to unpack archives without having to specify the archive type.
56
datacortex-cli
experimentalv0.4.3
Best standalone JSON/NDJSON compressor. Beats zstd-19 and brotli-11 on every file. Just datacortex compress data.json
53
rargz
experimentalv0.1.5
Fast parallel tar + zstd archiver and extractor with optional chunked format.
Core Metrics
| universal-archiver | datacortex-cli | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 56 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 6.1K | 145 | 127 |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 145 | 9 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1389d ago | today | 141d ago |
| Age | 3y 11m | 2d | 4m |
Health Breakdown
universal-archiver
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
datacortex-cli
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rargz
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| universal-archiver | datacortex-cli | rargz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 12KB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •datacortex-cli leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •universal-archiver has the most downloads (6.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ universal-archiver has not been updated in over a year.