Decision Workspace
zc vs iobuf vs in-situ
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
zc
growingv0.4.0
Self-referential zero-copy structure
50
iobuf
growingv5.8.1
A contiguous region of bytes, useful for I/O operations.
50
in-situ
growingv0.6.0
In Situ Endian-Independent Bytes Access
Core Metrics
| zc | iobuf | in-situ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 10.8K | 262.8K | 6.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 71 | 81 | 8 |
| Dependents | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 78 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 1863d ago | 3169d ago | 118d ago |
| Age | 5y 3m | 11y 4m | 7y 11m |
Health Breakdown
zc
Maintenance
5
Quality
10
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
iobuf
Maintenance
7
Quality
21
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
in-situ
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| zc | iobuf | in-situ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 5.8.1 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 34KB | 10KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •iobuf leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ zc, iobuf have not been updated in over a year.
- •zc, in-situ are pre-1.0 — API may change.