Decision Workspace
xort vs gnu-sort vs zan-sort
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
xort
experimentalv0.1.1
A fast, modern, parallel drop-in replacement for the Unix sort command
50
gnu-sort
growingv1.0.5
High-performance Rust implementation of GNU sort with zero-copy operations, SIMD optimization, and parallel processing
46
zan-sort
experimentalv0.1.0
A hardware-oriented hybrid sorting engine achieving near-linear scaling via arithmetic routing and parallel SoA.
Core Metrics
| xort | gnu-sort | zan-sort | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 50 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 36 | 959 | 20 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 22d ago | 305d ago | 67d ago |
| Age | 22d | 10m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
xort
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
gnu-sort
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
zan-sort
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| xort | gnu-sort | zan-sort | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.0.5 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 79KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gnu-sort leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xort, zan-sort are pre-1.0 — API may change.