Decision Workspace
ailed-soulsteal vs noru vs pgn-lexer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
ailed-soulsteal
experimentalv26.3.0
Fast game data extractor — drains PGN into tokenized training data for ML models. 60K+ games/sec.
56
noru
experimentalv2.2.0
Zero-dependency NNUE training & inference library in pure Rust
34
pgn-lexer
growingv0.1.1
A lexer for PGN files for chess. Provides an iterator over the tokens from a byte stream.
Core Metrics
| ailed-soulsteal | noru | pgn-lexer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 56 | 34 |
| Total Downloads | 21 | 334 | 5.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 105d ago | 67d ago | 2026d ago |
| Age | 3m | 3m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
ailed-soulsteal
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
noru
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
pgn-lexer
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| ailed-soulsteal | noru | pgn-lexer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 26.3.0 | 2.2.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 1.0MB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •noru leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pgn-lexer has the most downloads (5.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pgn-lexer has not been updated in over a year.
- •pgn-lexer is pre-1.0 — API may change.