Decision Workspace
caretta-id vs mtid vs grain-id
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
caretta-id
experimentalv0.12.2
Renamed to grain-id — see https://crates.io/crates/grain-id
52
mtid
experimentalv0.6.1
Human-friendly id for personal distributed system (deprecated, use the caretta-id crate)
50
grain-id
experimentalv0.15.0
Compact, human-readable unique IDs — grain-sized, yet enough for a lifetime
Core Metrics
| caretta-id | mtid | grain-id | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 52 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 1.4K | 2.2K | 1.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 21 | 12 | 30 |
| Releases | 14 | 8 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 59d ago | 193d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 6m | 7m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
caretta-id
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mtid
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
grain-id
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| caretta-id | mtid | grain-id | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.12.2 | 0.6.1 | 0.15.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 12 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 32KB | 42KB |
| Features | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caretta-id leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mtid has the most downloads (2.2K), suggesting wider adoption.