Decision Workspace
background-jobs vs apalis-postgres vs actix
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
background-jobs
growingv0.20.0
asynchronous background jobs implemented with pluggable backends and runtimes
63
apalis-postgres
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.6
Background task processing for rust using apalis and postgres
60
actix
growingv0.13.5
Actor framework for Rust
Core Metrics
| background-jobs | apalis-postgres | actix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 63 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 114.9K | 15.2K | 15.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.8K | 4.5K | 593.6K |
| Dependents | 345 | 18 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 29 | 11 | 63 |
| Last Updated | 73d ago | 15d ago | 656d ago |
| Age | 7y 4m | 5m | 8y 6m |
Health Breakdown
background-jobs
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
apalis-postgres
Maintenance
21
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
actix
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| background-jobs | apalis-postgres | actix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.20.0 | 1.0.0-rc.6 | 0.13.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 17 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 62KB | 81KB |
| Features | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.72 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis-postgres leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •actix has the most downloads (15.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •actix is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ actix has not been updated in over a year.
- •background-jobs, actix are pre-1.0 — API may change.