Decision Workspace
better-tracing vs tracing-subscriber vs tracing-bunyan-formatter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
better-tracing
experimentalv0.6.0
Community fork of `tracing-subscriber` focused on usability and accessibility.
68
tracing-subscriber
growingv0.3.23
Utilities for implementing and composing `tracing` subscribers.
53
tracing-bunyan-formatter
growingv0.3.10
A Bunyan formatter for the tracing crate
Core Metrics
| better-tracing | tracing-subscriber | tracing-bunyan-formatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 68 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 358.3M | 8.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 54 | 28.2M | 317.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 130.3K | 760 |
| Releases | 4 | 67 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 190d ago | 14d ago | 486d ago |
| Age | 8m | 6y 9m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
better-tracing
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
tracing-subscriber
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
tracing-bunyan-formatter
Maintenance
7
Quality
12
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| better-tracing | tracing-subscriber | tracing-bunyan-formatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.3.23 | 0.3.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 26 | 26 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 233KB | 214KB | 226KB |
| Features | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.5% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.65.0 | 1.65.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tracing-subscriber leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tracing-subscriber is depended on by 130.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tracing-bunyan-formatter has not been updated in over a year.