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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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https://crates.io/search?q=git (finds dead placeholder, no git2 in sight) vs https://lib.rs/search?q=git (finds git2 first)
https://crates.io/search?q=option (dead placeholder again, and every crate that contains "at your option" in license) vs https://lib.rs/search?q=option (finds
Optionhelpers and cli parsers)https://crates.io/search?q=database vs https://lib.rs/search?q=database
https://crates.io/search?q=error (7-year-old crate, podcast-api!?) vs https://lib.rs/search?q=error (anyhow + thiserror first)
https://crates.io/search?q=sedre (typo) vs https://lib.rs/search?q=sedre (did you mean serde?)
crates.io is fine when you know the name of the crate you want (navigation searches), but is full of noise for broader queries. It doesn't eliminate namesquatted garbage nor obsolete crates. It searches all text including tangential boilerplate. It shows fewer results per page. OTOH lib.rs filters out the noise. It also understands words with multiple meanings and ensures all meanings are included (e.g. search for "http" knows to include "http client" and "http server" and asks you to clarify which meaning you wanted).