Decision Workspace
urlencoded vs chardetng vs base62
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
urlencoded
growingv0.6.0
Decoding middleware for url-encoded data. For use with Iron.
67
chardetng
stablev1.0.0
A character encoding detector for legacy Web content
65
base62
stablev2.2.4
A Base62 encoding/decoding library
Core Metrics
| urlencoded | chardetng | base62 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 67 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 453.9K | 7.2M | 15.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 8.3K | 917.2K | 453.2K |
| Dependents | 242 | 648 | 371 |
| Releases | 9 | 20 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 3106d ago | 56d ago | 69d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 6y 11m | 10y 7m |
Health Breakdown
urlencoded
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
chardetng
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
base62
Maintenance
12
Quality
22
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| urlencoded | chardetng | base62 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 1.0.0 | 2.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 58KB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.40 | — |
| Owners | 7 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chardetng leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •base62 has the most downloads (15.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •chardetng is depended on by 648 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ urlencoded has not been updated in over a year.
- •urlencoded is pre-1.0 — API may change.