Decision Workspace
use-hex vs hex-buffer-serde vs const-hex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
use-hex
experimentalv0.1.0
Hexadecimal formatting and decoding helpers for RustUse
52
hex-buffer-serde
growingv0.4.0
Helper for serializing byte buffers as hex strings in `serde`
76
const-hex
stablev1.19.1
Fast byte array to hex string conversion
Core Metrics
| use-hex | hex-buffer-serde | const-hex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 52 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 366.2K | 37.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 16.3K | 4.0M |
| Dependents | 1 | 153 | 2.2K |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 1301d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 9d | 7y 6m | 3y |
Health Breakdown
use-hex
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
hex-buffer-serde
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
const-hex
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| use-hex | hex-buffer-serde | const-hex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.4.0 | 1.19.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 17KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95.0 | 1.57 | 1.64 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •const-hex leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •const-hex is depended on by 2.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hex-buffer-serde has not been updated in over a year.
- •use-hex, hex-buffer-serde are pre-1.0 — API may change.