Decision Workspace
btlescan vs scentience vs bluest
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
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
scentience
experimentalv2.1.0
Rust client for the Scentience olfaction device API
49
bluest
growingv0.6.9
A cross-platform Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) library
Core Metrics
| btlescan | scentience | bluest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 50 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 359 | 67 | 59.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 2.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 134d ago | 49d ago | 381d ago |
| Age | 4m | 3m | 4y 1m |
Health Breakdown
btlescan
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
scentience
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
bluest
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| btlescan | scentience | bluest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.3 | 2.1.0 | 0.6.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 12 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 89KB | 35KB | 144KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •btlescan leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bluest has the most downloads (59.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ bluest has not been updated in over a year.
- •bluest is pre-1.0 — API may change.