Decision Workspace
blume vs kanal vs caducus
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
blume
experimentalv0.2.4
Batching MPSC channel for cross-core message passing
58
kanal
growingv0.1.1
The fast sync and async channel that Rust deserves
52
caducus
experimentalv0.2.2
Bounded MPSC/SPSC channel with expiry
Core Metrics
| blume | kanal | caducus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 58 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 294 | 8.5M | 298 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 389.1K | 0 |
| Dependents | 32 | 895 | 2 |
| Releases | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 428d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 16d | 3y 10m | 27d |
Health Breakdown
blume
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
kanal
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
caducus
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| blume | kanal | caducus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.1.1 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | ISC | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 30KB | 58KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.93 | — | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kanal leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kanal is depended on by 895 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kanal has not been updated in over a year.