Decision Workspace
board-game vs chess-engine vs agent-client-protocol
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
board-game
growingv0.8.2
A board game abstraction and generic utilities around it.
42
chess-engine
growingv0.1.2
A dependency-free chess engine library built to run anywhere.
73
agent-client-protocol
experimentalv0.10.3
A protocol for standardizing communication between code editors and AI coding agents
Core Metrics
| board-game | chess-engine | agent-client-protocol | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 42 | 73 |
| Total Downloads | 20.5K | 8.4K | 1.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 46 | 426 | 412.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 6 | 832 |
| Releases | 15 | 3 | 61 |
| Last Updated | 1000d ago | 1642d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 4y 6m | 5y 2m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
board-game
Maintenance
6
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
chess-engine
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
agent-client-protocol
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| board-game | chess-engine | agent-client-protocol | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.2 | 0.1.2 | 0.10.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 0 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 97KB | 2.2MB | 34KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 6.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •agent-client-protocol leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •agent-client-protocol is depended on by 832 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ board-game, chess-engine have not been updated in over a year.