Decision Workspace
varint vs varint-rs vs varing
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
varint
growingv0.9.0
A Rust implementation of Google Protobuf's Variable-Length Integers
64
varint-rs
stablev2.2.0
A small, zero dependency varint implementation in Rust.
63
varing
experimentalv0.13.0
Protobuf's varint encoding/decoding for LEB128 friendly types with full const context operations supports.
Core Metrics
| varint | varint-rs | varing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 64 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 76.9K | 15.7M | 15.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 4.0K | 873.5K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 102 | 208 | 23 |
| Releases | 4 | 17 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 3759d ago | 1948d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 10y 7m | 5y 4m | 12m |
Health Breakdown
varint
Maintenance
2
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
varint-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
varing
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| varint | varint-rs | varing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 2.2.0 | 0.13.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 9KB | 68KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •varint-rs leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •varint-rs is depended on by 208 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ varint, varint-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •varint, varing are pre-1.0 — API may change.