Decision Workspace
writedisk vs abt vs flashkraft
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
writedisk
growingv1.5.0
Utility for writing a disk image to a USB drive
40
abt
experimentalv1.7.1
AgenticBlockTransfer — agentic-first CLI successor to dd, human-first GUI/TUI successor to balenaEtcher, Ventoy, Rufus, Fedora Media Writer, and rpi-imager
51
flashkraft
experimentalv0.8.9
FlashKraft — OS image writer desktop application (Iced GUI)
Core Metrics
| writedisk | abt | flashkraft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 40 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 17.1K | 32 | 2.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 43 | 32 | 265 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 215d ago | 24d ago | today |
| Age | 6y 6m | 24d | 5m |
Health Breakdown
writedisk
Maintenance
7
Quality
19
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
abt
Maintenance
12
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
flashkraft
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| writedisk | abt | flashkraft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.0 | 1.7.1 | 0.8.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 51 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 6.2MB | 80KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •flashkraft leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •writedisk has the most downloads (17.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •flashkraft is pre-1.0 — API may change.