Decision Workspace
blume vs chenal vs crossfire
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
blume
experimentalv0.4.5
Batching MPSC channel for cross-core message passing
46
chenal
experimentalv0.1.0-alpha.2
Performant channel implementations
68
crossfire
stablev3.1.19
channels for async and threads
Core Metrics
| blume | chenal | crossfire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 46 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 687 | 34 | 716.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 37.9K |
| Dependents | 42 | 0 | 413 |
| Releases | 13 | 2 | 80 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 55d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 6y |
Health Breakdown
blume
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
chenal
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
crossfire
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| blume | chenal | crossfire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.5 | 0.1.0-alpha.2 | 3.1.19 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | ISC | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 40KB | 104KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 31.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.93 | 1.87 | 1.79 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crossfire leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crossfire is depended on by 413 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •blume, chenal are pre-1.0 — API may change.