Decision Workspace
latx vs ciftty vs crystal-cif-io
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
latx
experimentalv0.1.0
Lattices, reciprocal lattices, periodic-image enumeration, and k-point meshes for periodic electronic-structure calculations.
43
ciftty
experimentalv0.2.0
Terminal CIF crystal structure viewer
37
crystal-cif-io
growingv0.1.2
A library to parse and write crystallography `cif` format.
Core Metrics
| latx | ciftty | crystal-cif-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 43 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 445 | 40 | 2.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 28d ago | 131d ago | 456d ago |
| Age | 28d | 4m | 1y 6m |
Health Breakdown
latx
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
ciftty
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
crystal-cif-io
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| latx | ciftty | crystal-cif-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.0 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 64KB | 68KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.82 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •latx leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crystal-cif-io has the most downloads (2.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ crystal-cif-io has not been updated in over a year.