Decision Workspace
better-refcell vs thin-cell vs veccell
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
better-refcell
experimentalv0.1.1
A drop-in replacement for RefCell with safe unborrow and reborrow capabilities.
53
thin-cell
experimentalv0.2.0
A compact, single-threaded smart pointer combining reference counting and interior mutability
44
veccell
growingv0.4.0
Provides VecCell, a variant of Vec with interior mutability.
Core Metrics
| better-refcell | thin-cell | veccell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 53 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 64.0K | 7.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 39.7K | 8 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 307d ago | 21d ago | 1355d ago |
| Age | 10m | 2m | 3y 9m |
Health Breakdown
better-refcell
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
thin-cell
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
veccell
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| better-refcell | thin-cell | veccell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.2.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 21KB | 12KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •thin-cell leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ veccell has not been updated in over a year.