Decision Workspace
anthropic vs claude-sdk-rs vs async-anthropic
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
anthropic
growingv0.0.8
Anthropic Rust SDK.
52
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
50
async-anthropic
growingv0.6.0
Anthropic Rust Client.
Core Metrics
| anthropic | claude-sdk-rs | async-anthropic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 52 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 20.5K | 1.8K | 32.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 70 | 3.5K |
| Dependents | 8 | 0 | 50 |
| Releases | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 570d ago | 140d ago | 328d ago |
| Age | 2y 10m | 9m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
anthropic
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
claude-sdk-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
async-anthropic
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| anthropic | claude-sdk-rs | async-anthropic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.8 | 1.0.2 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 43 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 928KB | 29KB |
| Features | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •claude-sdk-rs leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-anthropic has the most downloads (32.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ anthropic has not been updated in over a year.
- •anthropic, async-anthropic are pre-1.0 — API may change.