Decision Workspace
xcompress vs libarchive2 vs archive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
xcompress
growingv0.12.5
XCompress is a free file archiver utility on Linux, providing multi-format archiving to and extracting from ZIP, Z, GZIP, BZIP2, LZ, XZ, LZMA, 7ZIP, TAR, RAR and ZSTD.
49
libarchive2
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for libarchive v3.8.1, providing cross-platform archive reading and writing capabilities
47
archive
experimentalv0.3.0
A unified interface for extracting common archive formats in-memory
Core Metrics
| xcompress | libarchive2 | archive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 49 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 63.1K | 726 | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 62 | 20 | 183 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 45 | 3 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 867d ago | 129d ago | 89d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 5m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
xcompress
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
libarchive2
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
archive
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| xcompress | libarchive2 | archive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.12.5 | 0.2.1 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 51KB | 29KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libarchive2 leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xcompress has the most downloads (63.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ xcompress has not been updated in over a year.