Decision Workspace
canonical_host vs canonical vs canonical_derive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
canonical_host
growingv0.5.0
The plumbing for the host responsible for the wasm host calls.
42
canonical
growingv0.7.1
A serialization library built for no_std environments where you want to deal with recursive datastructures.
41
canonical_derive
growingv0.7.0
The automatic derivation of Canon for structs, and enums.
Core Metrics
| canonical_host | canonical | canonical_derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 19.0K | 67.2K | 49.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 212 | 1.4K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 53 | 335 | 319 |
| Releases | 9 | 23 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 1893d ago | 1428d ago | 1493d ago |
| Age | 5y 5m | 5y 6m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
canonical_host
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
canonical
Maintenance
6
Quality
9
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
canonical_derive
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| canonical_host | canonical | canonical_derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 14KB | 9KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 13.0% | 18.2% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •canonical_host leads with a health score of 43/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •canonical has the most downloads (67.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •canonical is depended on by 335 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ canonical_host, canonical, canonical_derive have not been updated in over a year.