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forbidden-bands vs tinystr vs deunicode
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
forbidden-bands
growingv0.2.4
8-bit string handling library
63
tinystr
growingv0.8.3
A small ASCII-only bounded length string representation.
60
deunicode
growingv1.6.2
Convert Unicode strings to pure ASCII by intelligently transliterating them. Suppors Emoji and Chinese.
Core Metrics
| forbidden-bands | tinystr | deunicode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 63 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 5.8K | 438.5M | 54.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 30.1M | 2.2M |
| Dependents | 4 | 658 | 1.5K |
| Releases | 6 | 35 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 287d ago | 103d ago | 443d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 6y 11m | 8y 2m |
Health Breakdown
forbidden-bands
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tinystr
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
deunicode
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| forbidden-bands | tinystr | deunicode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.8.3 | 1.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Unicode-3.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 25KB | 173KB |
| Features | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.7% | 34.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.82 | 1.66 |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tinystr leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •deunicode is depended on by 1.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ deunicode has not been updated in over a year.
- •forbidden-bands, tinystr are pre-1.0 — API may change.