Decision Workspace
prost-serde vs protoc-gen-prost-serde vs prost-canonical-serde-derive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
prost-serde
growingv0.3.0
A prost toolkit to build protobuf with serde support.
52
protoc-gen-prost-serde
growingv0.4.0
Protocol Buffers compiler plugin providing JSON serializations
47
prost-canonical-serde-derive
experimentalv0.1.3
Derive macros for canonical JSON encoding of Prost-generated protobuf bindings
Core Metrics
| prost-serde | protoc-gen-prost-serde | prost-canonical-serde-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 52 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2M | 648.3K | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 4.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 24 | 64 | 4 |
| Releases | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1691d ago | 225d ago | 158d ago |
| Age | 5y 5m | 4y 3m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
prost-serde
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
protoc-gen-prost-serde
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
prost-canonical-serde-derive
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| prost-serde | protoc-gen-prost-serde | prost-canonical-serde-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 8KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •protoc-gen-prost-serde leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •prost-serde has the most downloads (1.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ prost-serde has not been updated in over a year.