Decision Workspace
xee vs libxml vs xrust
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
xee
growingv0.1.6
Xee CLI. Swiss Army knife for XML. XPath and XSLT
64
libxml
growingv0.3.16
A Rust wrapper for libxml2 - the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project
62
xrust
stablev2.2.0
Support for XPath and XSLT
Core Metrics
| xee | libxml | xrust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 64 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 4.0K | 1.8M | 29.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 79.0K | 2.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 318 | 22 |
| Releases | 6 | 63 | 24 |
| Last Updated | 326d ago | 1d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 10y 4m | 5y 1m |
Health Breakdown
xee
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
libxml
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
xrust
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| xee | libxml | xrust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.3.16 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 211KB | 1.6MB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libxml leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libxml is depended on by 318 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •xee, libxml are pre-1.0 — API may change.