Decision Workspace
parsimonious vs winnow vs nom
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
parsimonious
growingv0.0.8
Parsimonious parser combinators
71
winnow
stablev1.0.4
A byte-oriented, zero-copy, parser combinators library
66
nom
growingv8.0.0
A byte-oriented, zero-copy, parser combinators library
Core Metrics
| parsimonious | winnow | nom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 71 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 21.5K | 700.2M | 602.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 41.8M | 25.0M |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.6K | 28.9K |
| Releases | 8 | 111 | 98 |
| Last Updated | 3811d ago | today | 533d ago |
| Age | 10y 5m | 3y 4m | 11y 6m |
Health Breakdown
parsimonious
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
winnow
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
nom
Maintenance
8
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| parsimonious | winnow | nom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.8 | 1.0.4 | 8.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 15 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 189KB | 136KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65.0 | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •winnow leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nom is depended on by 28.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ parsimonious, nom have not been updated in over a year.
- •parsimonious is pre-1.0 — API may change.