Decision Workspace
async-oauth2 vs openidconnect vs axum-gate
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
async-oauth2
growingv0.5.1
An asynchronous OAuth2 flow implementation.
60
openidconnect
growingv4.0.1
OpenID Connect library
53
axum-gate
growingv1.1.0
Flexible authentication and authorization for Axum with JWT cookies or bearer tokens, optional OAuth2, and role/group/permission RBAC. Suitable for single-node and distributed systems.
Core Metrics
| async-oauth2 | openidconnect | axum-gate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 60 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 60.9K | 6.5M | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 3.0K | 904.7K | 59 |
| Dependents | 0 | 822 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 50 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 199d ago | 264d ago | 117d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 7y 12m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
async-oauth2
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
openidconnect
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
axum-gate
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| async-oauth2 | openidconnect | axum-gate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 4.0.1 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 29 | 30 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 174KB | 226KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.82 | 1.65 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •openidconnect leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •openidconnect is depended on by 822 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •async-oauth2 is pre-1.0 — API may change.