Decision Workspace
arcref vs by_address vs archway
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
arcref
experimentalv0.2.0
For when you need a pointer and don't care if it's &'static T or Arc<T>
56
by_address
growingv1.2.1
Wrapper for comparing and hashing pointers by address
50
archway
growingv0.4.0
Rust traits for Rc and Arc interoperation
Core Metrics
| arcref | by_address | archway | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 56 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 350.6K | 8.1M | 8.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 99.9K | 677.6K | 23 |
| Dependents | 131 | 637 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 324d ago | 730d ago | 15d ago |
| Age | 10m | 8y 5m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
arcref
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
by_address
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
archway
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| arcref | by_address | archway | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 8KB | 4KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 16.7% | 28.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •by_address leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •by_address is depended on by 637 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ by_address has not been updated in over a year.
- •arcref, archway are pre-1.0 — API may change.