Decision Workspace
axum-sessions vs tower-sessions vs tower-sessions-ext
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
axum-sessions
growingv0.6.1
🥠Cookie-based sessions for Axum via async-session.
59
tower-sessions
growingv0.15.0
🥠Sessions as a `tower` and `axum` middleware.
58
tower-sessions-ext
growingv1.3.1
A maintained fork of tower-sessions-ext, providing session middleware for tower and axum.
Core Metrics
| axum-sessions | tower-sessions | tower-sessions-ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 412.8K | 2.5M | 5.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.8K | 233.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 39 | 728 | 24 |
| Releases | 11 | 38 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 955d ago | 114d ago | 98d ago |
| Age | 3y 11m | 2y 8m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
axum-sessions
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
tower-sessions
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
tower-sessions-ext
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| axum-sessions | tower-sessions | tower-sessions-ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.15.0 | 1.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 26 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 36KB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tower-sessions leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tower-sessions is depended on by 728 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠axum-sessions has not been updated in over a year.
- •axum-sessions, tower-sessions are pre-1.0 — API may change.