Decision Workspace
canonical_host vs canonical vs canonical_derive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
canonical_host
growingv0.5.0
The plumbing for the host responsible for the wasm host calls.
40
canonical
growingv0.7.1
A serialization library built for no_std environments where you want to deal with recursive datastructures.
39
canonical_derive
growingv0.7.0
The automatic derivation of Canon for structs, and enums.
Core Metrics
| canonical_host | canonical | canonical_derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 40 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 19.8K | 73.0K | 55.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.5K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 53 | 335 | 319 |
| Releases | 9 | 23 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 2001d ago | 1536d ago | 1601d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 5y 9m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
canonical_host
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
canonical
Maintenance
6
Quality
9
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
canonical_derive
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
10
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •canonical_host leads with a health score of 41/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •canonical has the most downloads (73.0K), 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.