Decision Workspace
detex vs texfmt vs tectonic
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
detex
experimentalv0.2.1
Strip TeX/LaTeX commands from input files
34
texfmt
growingv0.1.0
(La)TeX formatter.
59
tectonic
growingv0.16.9
A modernized, complete, embeddable TeX/LaTeX engine. Tectonic is forked from the XeTeX extension to the classic "Web2C" implementation of TeX and uses the TeXLive distribution of support files.
Core Metrics
| detex | texfmt | tectonic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 34 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 81 | 1.6K | 185.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| Releases | 3 | 1 | 48 |
| Last Updated | 192d ago | 1386d ago | 87d ago |
| Age | 6m | 3y 9m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
detex
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
texfmt
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tectonic
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| detex | texfmt | tectonic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.1.0 | 0.16.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 11 | 42 |
| Crate Size | 41KB | 10KB | 2.2MB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tectonic leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tectonic is depended on by 149 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ texfmt has not been updated in over a year.