Decision Workspace
br-email vs avila-cell vs kiss-mail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
br-email
stablev1.2.23
This is an Email
48
avila-cell
experimentalv0.4.0
Advanced email protocol cells - SMTP/POP3/IMAP with MIME multipart, Base64, authentication, HTML emails - First digital life form
40
kiss-mail
experimentalv0.1.0
A KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 mail server
Core Metrics
| br-email | avila-cell | kiss-mail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 101.4K | 118 | 19 |
| 30d Downloads | 250 | 6 | 6 |
| Dependents | 193 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 101 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 30d ago | 116d ago | 83d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 3m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
br-email
Maintenance
17
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
7
avila-cell
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
kiss-mail
Maintenance
8
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| br-email | avila-cell | kiss-mail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.23 | 0.4.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 8 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 57KB | 27KB | 120KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •br-email leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •br-email is depended on by 193 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •avila-cell, kiss-mail are pre-1.0 — API may change.