Decision Workspace
wood_parse vs lexer vs sscanf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
wood_parse
experimentalv0.2.0
A library for lexing
41
lexer
growingv0.1.18
plugin based lexical reader
61
sscanf
growingv0.5.0
A sscanf (inverse of format!()) macro with near unlimited parsing capabilities
Core Metrics
| wood_parse | lexer | sscanf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 41 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 33.9K | 1.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 74 | 109.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 12 | 135 |
| Releases | 2 | 17 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 354d ago | 1681d ago | 27d ago |
| Age | 11m | 8y 5m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
wood_parse
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
lexer
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
sscanf
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| wood_parse | lexer | sscanf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.18 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 11KB | 64KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sscanf leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •sscanf is depended on by 135 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lexer has not been updated in over a year.