Decision Workspace
hcs-rs vs vhdx-core vs virtdisk-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
hcs-rs
growingv0.9.1
Rust abstractions for HCS APIs.
49
vhdx-core
experimentalv0.3.0
Pure-Rust VHDX (Hyper-V) virtual-disk container library — reader (writer planned), hardened for forensic use
39
virtdisk-rs
growingv2.0.0
Rust abstractions for VirtDisk APIs.
Core Metrics
| hcs-rs | vhdx-core | virtdisk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 49 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 18.0K | 1.3K | 16.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 500 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Releases | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 2380d ago | 15d ago | 2539d ago |
| Age | 7y 6m | 1m | 7y 6m |
Health Breakdown
hcs-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
vhdx-core
Maintenance
13
Quality
8
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
virtdisk-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| hcs-rs | vhdx-core | virtdisk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.1 | 0.3.0 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 54KB | 21KB | 31KB |
| Features | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 23.1% | 33.3% | 83.3% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •vhdx-core leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hcs-rs has the most downloads (18.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ hcs-rs, virtdisk-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •hcs-rs, vhdx-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.