Decision Workspace
alt_semver vs versions vs forgiving-semver
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
alt_semver
growingv0.9.0
Semantic version parsing and comparison.
60
versions
growingv7.0.0
A library for parsing and comparing software version numbers.
39
forgiving-semver
growingv0.11.0
Semantic version parsing and comparison. Fork of https://docs.rs/crate/semver which supports parsing outside of semver spec, e.g. "1.0" -> "1.0.0".
Core Metrics
| alt_semver | versions | forgiving-semver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 60 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 2.9K | 9.6M | 17.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 331.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 1 | 1.4K | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2378d ago | 504d ago | 2041d ago |
| Age | 6y 6m | 6y 1m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
alt_semver
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
versions
Maintenance
8
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
forgiving-semver
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| alt_semver | versions | forgiving-semver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 7.0.0 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 23KB | 21KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •versions leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •versions is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ alt_semver, versions, forgiving-semver have not been updated in over a year.
- •alt_semver, forgiving-semver are pre-1.0 — API may change.