Decision Workspace
btlescan vs bluest vs scentience
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
btlescan
experimentalv1.1.3
A cross-platform terminal UI for scanning Bluetooth Low Energy devices, inspecting GATT services and characteristics, and reading/writing characteristic values in real time
50
bluest
growingv0.6.9
A cross-platform Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) library
47
scentience
experimentalv2.1.0
Rust client for the Scentience olfaction device API
Core Metrics
| btlescan | bluest | scentience | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 50 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 337 | 53.2K | 52 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 85d ago | 332d ago | today |
| Age | 2m | 3y 11m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
btlescan
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
bluest
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
scentience
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| btlescan | bluest | scentience | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.3 | 0.6.9 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 20 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 89KB | 144KB | 35KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •btlescan leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bluest has the most downloads (53.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •bluest is pre-1.0 — API may change.