Decision Workspace
xmail vs imap-codec vs mail-parser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
xmail
growingv0.1.16
Normalize and parse email addresses, support Punycode decoding and TLD extraction. / 邮件地址标准化与解析，支持 Punycode 解码和 TLD 提取。
64
imap-codec
stablev1.0.0
Rock-solid and complete codec for IMAP
61
mail-parser
growingv0.11.2
Fast and robust e-mail parsing library for Rust
Core Metrics
| xmail | imap-codec | mail-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 64 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 11.0K | 55.0K | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 141 | 7.9K | 194.5K |
| Dependents | 71 | 25 | 833 |
| Releases | 10 | 20 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 114d ago | 38d ago | 41d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 5y 1m | 4y 4m |
Health Breakdown
xmail
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
imap-codec
Maintenance
16
Quality
22
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
mail-parser
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| xmail | imap-codec | mail-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.16 | 1.0.0 | 0.11.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MulanPSL-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 69KB | 551KB |
| Features | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •imap-codec leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mail-parser has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •mail-parser is depended on by 833 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •xmail, mail-parser are pre-1.0 — API may change.