Decision Workspace
beakid vs twitter_snowflake vs snowflake-gen
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
beakid
experimentalv0.2.5
Snowflake-like 64-bit unique ID generator with PostgreSQL BIGINT-friendly i64 IDs.
50
twitter_snowflake
growingv1.0.2
A lightweight, efficient library that implements Twitter's Snowflake algorithm
48
snowflake-gen
experimentalv1.0.2
A configurable Snowflake ID generator with custom bit layouts, thread-local global generation, and ID decomposition
Core Metrics
| beakid | twitter_snowflake | snowflake-gen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 50 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 153 | 3.9K | 55 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 536d ago | 34d ago |
| Age | 29d | 1y 8m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
beakid
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
twitter_snowflake
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
snowflake-gen
Maintenance
12
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| beakid | twitter_snowflake | snowflake-gen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 8KB | 12KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •beakid leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •twitter_snowflake has the most downloads (3.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ twitter_snowflake has not been updated in over a year.
- •beakid is pre-1.0 — API may change.