Decision Workspace
async-thread vs crosstalk-macros vs rusty_pool
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
async-thread
growingv0.1.2
Futures version of std::thread
54
crosstalk-macros
growingv1.0.0
Procedural macros for crosstalk — An extremely lightweight, topic-based, cross-thread, in-memory communication library
50
rusty_pool
growingv0.7.0
Self growing / shrinking `ThreadPool` implementation based on crossbeam's multi-producer multi-consumer channels that enables awaiting the result of a task and offers async support
Core Metrics
| async-thread | crosstalk-macros | rusty_pool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 54 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 42.2K | 17.5K | 2.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.7K | 89 | 121.2K |
| Dependents | 15 | 18 | 307 |
| Releases | 3 | 14 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 2296d ago | 353d ago | 1422d ago |
| Age | 6y 3m | 2y 1m | 5y 11m |
Health Breakdown
async-thread
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
crosstalk-macros
Maintenance
9
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
rusty_pool
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| async-thread | crosstalk-macros | rusty_pool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 1.0.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 5KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crosstalk-macros leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rusty_pool has the most downloads (2.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rusty_pool is depended on by 307 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ async-thread, rusty_pool have not been updated in over a year.
- •async-thread, rusty_pool are pre-1.0 — API may change.