Decision Workspace
chompy vs char-lex vs parsley-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
chompy
growingv0.4.0
A series of utilities used to create parsers
46
char-lex
growingv1.0.5
Create easy enum based lexers
43
parsley-rs
growingv0.20.4
My attempt at a Rust parsing and lexing library.
Core Metrics
| chompy | char-lex | parsley-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 46 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 7.7K | 14.8K | 45.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 781 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 61d ago | 2264d ago | 1440d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 6y 2m | 4y |
Health Breakdown
chompy
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
char-lex
Maintenance
10
Quality
22
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
6
parsley-rs
Maintenance
7
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| chompy | char-lex | parsley-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 1.0.5 | 0.20.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 3KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chompy leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •parsley-rs has the most downloads (45.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ char-lex, parsley-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •chompy, parsley-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.