Decision Workspace
apalis vs apalis-sql vs croner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
65
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
62
apalis-sql
growingv0.7.4
SQL utilities for background job processing with apalis
62
croner
growingv3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
Core Metrics
| apalis | apalis-sql | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 65 | 62 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 784.8K | 435.3K | 4.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 66.9K | 28.4K | 432.1K |
| Dependents | 169 | 87 | 1.0K |
| Releases | 68 | 63 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 19d ago | 210d ago |
| Age | 5y | 5y | 2y 6m |
Health Breakdown
apalis
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
apalis-sql
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
croner
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| apalis | apalis-sql | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.4 | 0.7.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 14 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 43KB | 51KB | 54KB |
| Features | 11 | 9 | 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 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (4.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 1.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •apalis, apalis-sql are pre-1.0 — API may change.