Decision Workspace
anthropic vs async-anthropic vs claude-sdk-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
anthropic
growingv0.0.8
Anthropic Rust SDK.
49
async-anthropic
growingv0.6.0
Anthropic Rust Client.
49
claude-sdk-rs
growingv1.0.2
Rust SDK for Claude AI with CLI integration - type-safe async API for Claude Code and direct SDK usage
Core Metrics
| anthropic | async-anthropic | claude-sdk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 49 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 28.1K | 43.6K | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 925 | 1.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 22 | 50 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 678d ago | 436d ago | 248d ago |
| Age | 3y 2m | 1y 5m | 1y |
Health Breakdown
anthropic
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
async-anthropic
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
claude-sdk-rs
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| anthropic | async-anthropic | claude-sdk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.8 | 0.6.0 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 29KB | 928KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-anthropic leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ anthropic, async-anthropic have not been updated in over a year.
- •anthropic, async-anthropic are pre-1.0 — API may change.