Decision Workspace
varinteger vs integer-encoding vs vint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
varinteger
growingv1.0.6
Rust module for encoding/decoding varints that doesn't do any IO. Inspired by the Node.js varint module
60
integer-encoding
growingv4.1.0
varint+zigzag and fixedint integer encoding/decoding (https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding)
35
vint
growingv3.1.0
vint.rs: simple and efficient variable-length integer encoding
Core Metrics
| varinteger | integer-encoding | vint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 60 | 35 |
| Total Downloads | 325.5K | 76.1M | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 34.3K | 5.4M | 2 |
| Dependents | 20 | 1.3K | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 42 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2817d ago | 150d ago | 2248d ago |
| Age | 10y 2m | 9y 9m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
varinteger
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
integer-encoding
Maintenance
11
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
vint
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| varinteger | integer-encoding | vint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.6 | 4.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 13KB | 2KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 16.7% | 100.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •integer-encoding leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •integer-encoding is depended on by 1.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ varinteger, vint have not been updated in over a year.