Decision Workspace
apollo-blocking vs unblock vs ntex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
apollo-blocking
experimentalv0.1.1
Tower service for dispatching CPU-bound work to the tokio blocking thread pool with cooperative cancellation
42
unblock
growingv0.6.0
A thread pool for isolating blocking in async programs
79
ntex
stablev3.10.1
Framework for composable network services
Core Metrics
| apollo-blocking | unblock | ntex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 42 | 79 |
| Total Downloads | 15 | 12.5K | 989.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 16.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 2.1K |
| Releases | 1 | 10 | 245 |
| Last Updated | 31d ago | 1341d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3y 8m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
apollo-blocking
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
1
Documentation
8
unblock
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
ntex
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
20
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| apollo-blocking | unblock | ntex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.6.0 | 3.10.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Elastic-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 6 | 49 |
| Crate Size | 37KB | 10KB | 252KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.57 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •ntex leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ntex is depended on by 2.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unblock has not been updated in over a year.
- •apollo-blocking, unblock are pre-1.0 — API may change.