Decision Workspace
vitex vs handlebars vs biblatex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
vitex
growingv0.2.1
A latex templating tool
75
handlebars
stablev6.4.3
Handlebars templating implemented in Rust.
65
biblatex
growingv0.12.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
Core Metrics
| vitex | handlebars | biblatex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 75 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 4.0K | 82.4M | 2.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.1M | 207.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 11.0K | 458 |
| Releases | 3 | 186 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 1299d ago | 1d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 3y 9m | 11y 6m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
vitex
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
handlebars
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
biblatex
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| vitex | handlebars | biblatex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 6.4.3 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-2.0-only | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 18 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 110KB | 102KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •handlebars leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •handlebars is depended on by 11.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vitex has not been updated in over a year.
- •vitex, biblatex are pre-1.0 — API may change.