Decision Workspace
canister vs catapulta vs freshdock
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
canister
growingv0.1.0
Deploy binaries from Google Container Registry (gcr.io)
46
catapulta
experimentalv0.9.0
Declarative deployment DSL for Rust - provision, configure, and launch containers to any VPS
44
freshdock
experimentalv0.0.1
A modern Rust-based Docker container auto-updater. Successor to Watchtower with health-gated rollback. Work in progress — placeholder release.
Core Metrics
| canister | catapulta | freshdock | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 46 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 6.5K | 133 | 11 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2724d ago | 61d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 7y 9m | 3m | 18d |
Health Breakdown
canister
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
6
catapulta
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
freshdock
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| canister | catapulta | freshdock | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 61KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •catapulta leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •canister has the most downloads (6.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ canister has not been updated in over a year.