Decision Workspace
xpad vs pillar vs left-pad
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
xpad
growingv0.1.0
Command line tool to pad delimited fields into neat columns
42
pillar
growingv0.1.2
pillar is a small tool to format lines into columns
48
left-pad
growingv1.0.1
Provides left-padding for strings.
Core Metrics
| xpad | pillar | left-pad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 42 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 4.3K | 455.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 6 | 10.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 2950d ago | 1116d ago | 3655d ago |
| Age | 8y 1m | 4y 10m | 10y |
Health Breakdown
xpad
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
pillar
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
left-pad
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| xpad | pillar | left-pad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.2 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 3KB | 3KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •left-pad leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ xpad, pillar, left-pad have not been updated in over a year.
- •xpad, pillar are pre-1.0 — API may change.