Decision Workspace
adaptive_backoff vs ratelimit vs leaky-bucket
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
adaptive_backoff
growingv0.2.2
library for intelligently backing off rate limited or fallible resources
70
ratelimit
stablev1.0.0
A lock-free token bucket ratelimiter
61
leaky-bucket
growingv1.1.2
A token-based rate limiter based on the leaky bucket algorithm.
Core Metrics
| adaptive_backoff | ratelimit | leaky-bucket | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 70 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 355.2K | 15.5M | 1.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 9.5K | 835.6K | 103.3K |
| Dependents | 7 | 267 | 709 |
| Releases | 4 | 30 | 30 |
| Last Updated | 227d ago | 7d ago | 674d ago |
| Age | 5y 3m | 10y 5m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
adaptive_backoff
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
ratelimit
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
leaky-bucket
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| adaptive_backoff | ratelimit | leaky-bucket | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 1.0.0 | 1.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 15KB | 30KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ratelimit leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •leaky-bucket is depended on by 709 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ leaky-bucket has not been updated in over a year.
- •adaptive_backoff is pre-1.0 — API may change.