Decision Workspace
anthropic-sdk vs async-anthropic vs async-llm
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
anthropic-sdk
growingv0.1.5
Anthropic Rust SDK.
49
async-anthropic
growingv0.6.0
Anthropic Rust Client.
44
async-llm
experimentalv0.7.0
Async Rust client for LLM APIs - Anthropic Messages API today; fork of async-anthropic with thinking-block and prompt-cache support.
Core Metrics
| anthropic-sdk | async-anthropic | async-llm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 49 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 73.2K | 43.6K | 46 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.6K | 1.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 17 | 50 | 2 |
| Releases | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 720d ago | 436d ago | 31d ago |
| Age | 2y 3m | 1y 5m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
anthropic-sdk
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
async-anthropic
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
async-llm
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| anthropic-sdk | async-anthropic | async-llm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.5 | 0.6.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 29KB | 31KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| 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-sdk has the most downloads (73.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ anthropic-sdk, async-anthropic have not been updated in over a year.