Decision Workspace
better-bucket vs ratelimit vs rater
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
better-bucket
experimentalv1.0.0
A genuinely better token bucket for Rust: lock-free, allocation-free acquire path, cache-aligned, overflow-safe, with a one-line Tier-1 API and a mockable clock for deterministic tests.
70
ratelimit
stablev2.0.0
A lock-free token bucket ratelimiter
54
rater
experimentalv0.1.2
High-performance, lock-free, thread-safe rate limiter using token bucket algorithm with per-IP rate limiting support
Core Metrics
| better-bucket | ratelimit | rater | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 70 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 160 | 20.7M | 1.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.8M | 0 |
| Dependents | 11 | 282 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 31 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 55d ago | 86d ago |
| Age | 19d | 10y 8m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
better-bucket
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
ratelimit
Maintenance
13
Quality
19
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
rater
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| better-bucket | ratelimit | rater | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 2.0.0 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 159KB | 19KB | 47KB |
| Features | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.70.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ratelimit leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ratelimit is depended on by 282 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rater is pre-1.0 — API may change.