Decision Workspace
yara vs yara-x vs boreal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
yara
growingv0.31.0
Rust bindings for VirusTotal/yara
64
yara-x
stablev1.14.0
A pure Rust implementation of YARA.
57
boreal
stablev1.1.0
A library to evaluate YARA rules, used to scan bytes for textual and binary pattern
Core Metrics
| yara | yara-x | boreal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 64 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 272.0K | 239.9K | 30.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 5.0K | 125.9K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 71 | 104 | 11 |
| Releases | 42 | 36 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 128d ago | 21d ago | 124d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 1y 11m | 3y 3m |
Health Breakdown
yara
Maintenance
12
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
yara-x
Maintenance
21
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
boreal
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| yara | yara-x | boreal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.31.0 | 1.14.0 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 70 | 31 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 795KB | 236KB |
| Features | 15 | 31 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.63 | 1.89.0 | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •yara-x leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •yara has the most downloads (272.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •yara-x is depended on by 104 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •yara is pre-1.0 — API may change.