Decision Workspace
async-macros vs async-rs vs async-generic
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
async-macros
growingv2.0.0
Macros for async-std.
64
async-rs
experimentalv0.8.2
Async runtime abstration
57
async-generic
growingv1.1.2
Write code that can be both async and synchronous without duplicating it.
Core Metrics
| async-macros | async-rs | async-generic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 64 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 852.4K | 86.4K | 9.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 24.1K | 61.4K | 254.3K |
| Dependents | 48 | 37 | 206 |
| Releases | 3 | 21 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 2327d ago | 11d ago | 545d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 7m | 2y 6m |
Health Breakdown
async-macros
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
async-rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
async-generic
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| async-macros | async-rs | async-generic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 | 0.8.2 | 1.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 26KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87.0 | 1.70.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-rs leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-generic has the most downloads (9.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •async-generic is depended on by 206 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ async-macros, async-generic have not been updated in over a year.
- •async-rs is pre-1.0 — API may change.