Decision Workspace
varint-simd vs sonic-rs vs prost
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
varint-simd
growingv0.4.1
SIMD-accelerated varint encoder and decoder
66
sonic-rs
growingv0.5.8
Sonic-rs is a fast Rust JSON library based on SIMD
65
prost
growingv0.14.3
A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language.
Core Metrics
| varint-simd | sonic-rs | prost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 66 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 36.9K | 2.2M | 352.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 183 | 689.7K | 29.4M |
| Dependents | 31 | 3.1K | 54.9K |
| Releases | 7 | 46 | 45 |
| Last Updated | 571d ago | 3d ago | 76d ago |
| Age | 5y 3m | 2y 5m | 8y 9m |
Health Breakdown
varint-simd
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
sonic-rs
Maintenance
20
Quality
10
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
prost
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| varint-simd | sonic-rs | prost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.5.8 | 0.14.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 20 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 47KB | 162KB | 33KB |
| Features | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 10.9% | 11.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.82 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •sonic-rs leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •prost has the most downloads (352.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •prost is depended on by 54.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ varint-simd has not been updated in over a year.