Decision Workspace
xmloxide vs microdom vs libxml
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
xmloxide
experimentalv0.4.3
A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2 — memory-safe XML/HTML parsing
39
microdom
experimentalv0.0.1
HTML/XML parser + XPath 3.1 search library for Rust
59
libxml
growingv0.3.12
A Rust wrapper for libxml2 - the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project
Core Metrics
| xmloxide | microdom | libxml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 39 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 19.4K | 17 | 1.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 15.6K | 0 | 111.6K |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 287 |
| Releases | 11 | 1 | 59 |
| Last Updated | 22d ago | 45d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 10y 3m |
Health Breakdown
xmloxide
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
microdom
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
libxml
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| xmloxide | microdom | libxml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.3 | 0.0.1 | 0.3.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 371KB | 19KB | 195KB |
| Features | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.4% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libxml leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libxml is depended on by 287 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.