Decision Workspace
a3s-cron vs apalis vs croner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
a3s-cron
experimentalv0.1.2
Cron scheduling library for A3S with natural language support
66
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
62
croner
stablev3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
Core Metrics
| a3s-cron | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 66 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 250 | 660.5K | 4.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 51.3K | 906.5K |
| Dependents | 2 | 146 | 482 |
| Releases | 3 | 66 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 40d ago | 2d ago | 151d ago |
| Age | 1m | 4y 10m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
a3s-cron
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
apalis
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
croner
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| a3s-cron | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.7.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 43KB | 54KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (4.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 482 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •a3s-cron, apalis are pre-1.0 — API may change.