Decision Workspace
can-socket vs mcangen vs socketcan-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
can-socket
growingv0.3.5
no frills CAN sockets (synchronous or async with tokio)
49
mcangen
experimentalv1.1.0
High-performance CAN bus frame generator for testing and benchmarking
41
socketcan-sys
growingv0.1.1
Low-level bindings to Linux's SocketCAN api for CANBus
Core Metrics
| can-socket | mcangen | socketcan-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 49 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 22.5K | 23 | 2.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 401 | 23 | 4 |
| Dependents | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 196d ago | 1d ago | 1946d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 8d | 5y 4m |
Health Breakdown
can-socket
Maintenance
11
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mcangen
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
socketcan-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| can-socket | mcangen | socketcan-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.5 | 1.1.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 17KB | 6KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 31.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mcangen leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •can-socket has the most downloads (22.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ socketcan-sys has not been updated in over a year.
- •can-socket, socketcan-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.