Decision Workspace
xz-rs vs rust-lzma vs oxiarc-lzma
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
xz-rs
growingv0.1.0
A pure-Rust implementation of xz-utils
46
rust-lzma
growingv0.6.0
Simple interface for LZMA compression and decompression.
60
oxiarc-lzma
experimentalv0.3.0
Pure Rust LZMA/LZMA2 compression with custom dictionaries, memory pool, parallel and streaming support for OxiArc
Core Metrics
| xz-rs | rust-lzma | oxiarc-lzma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 46 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 726 | 311.0K | 4.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 6.0K | 1.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 329 | 22 |
| Releases | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 412d ago | 1143d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 10y 3m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
xz-rs
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
rust-lzma
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
oxiarc-lzma
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| xz-rs | rust-lzma | oxiarc-lzma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 139KB | 91KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oxiarc-lzma leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-lzma has the most downloads (311.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-lzma is depended on by 329 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ xz-rs, rust-lzma have not been updated in over a year.