Decision Workspace
xzip vs base-d vs wutf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
xzip
experimentalv0.4.1
ZIP CLI with explicit filename encoding for pack and unpack workflows.
58
base-d
growingv3.0.34
Universal base encoder: Encode binary data to 33+ dictionaries including RFC standards, hieroglyphs, emoji, and more
34
wutf
growingv0.1.0
Tool for weird unicode characters inspection. (work in progress)
Core Metrics
| xzip | base-d | wutf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 58 | 34 |
| Total Downloads | 101 | 8.0K | 1.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 103 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 82d ago | 2310d ago |
| Age | 26d | 7m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
xzip
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
base-d
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
wutf
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| xzip | base-d | wutf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 3.0.34 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 38 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 2.0MB | 2KB |
| Features | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •base-d leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •base-d is depended on by 200 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ wutf has not been updated in over a year.
- •xzip, wutf are pre-1.0 — API may change.