Decision Workspace
async-bincode vs the-fourth-server vs bincode_derive-next
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
async-bincode
growingv0.8.0
Asynchronous access to a bincode-encoded item stream.
52
the-fourth-server
experimentalv0.3.4
A lightweight tcp server/client pair for network programming
70
bincode_derive-next
growingv3.1.1
Procedural macros for bincode-next: high-performance derive macros for Encode, Decode, ZeroCopy, and more.
Core Metrics
| async-bincode | the-fourth-server | bincode_derive-next | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 52 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 525.8K | 147 | 393.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 7.0K | 0 | 65.7K |
| Dependents | 85 | 0 | 21 |
| Releases | 31 | 8 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 478d ago | 31d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 8y 1m | 5m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
async-bincode
Maintenance
7
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
the-fourth-server
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
bincode_derive-next
Maintenance
18
Quality
20
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| async-bincode | the-fourth-server | bincode_derive-next | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 0.3.4 | 3.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT or Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 24 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 34KB | 24KB |
| Features | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.90.0 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bincode_derive-next leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-bincode has the most downloads (525.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ async-bincode has not been updated in over a year.
- •async-bincode, the-fourth-server are pre-1.0 — API may change.