Decision Workspace
viterbi vs rs2 vs raptor-code
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
viterbi
experimentalv0.2.0
Pure-Rust, no-unsafe convolutional encoder + Viterbi (MLSE) decoder — CCSDS inner FEC: hard & soft-decision (LLR), rate 1/2 & 1/3, puncturing (2/3–7/8), generic constraint length K<=9.
43
rs2
growingv0.1.1
Reed-Solomon FEC for CCSDS downlink decoding
61
raptor-code
stablev1.0.10
A Rust library for implementing Forward Error Correction (FEC) using Raptor codes.
Core Metrics
| viterbi | rs2 | raptor-code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 43 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 130 | 4.5K | 17.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 5 | 16 | 52 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 573d ago | 81d ago |
| Age | 12d | 2y 5m | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
viterbi
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
rs2
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
raptor-code
Maintenance
13
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| viterbi | rs2 | raptor-code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.1 | 1.0.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 109KB | 13KB | 41KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.96 | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •raptor-code leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ rs2 has not been updated in over a year.
- •viterbi, rs2 are pre-1.0 — API may change.