Decision Workspace
castbox vs trc vs irc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
castbox
experimentalv0.1.4
A Runtime-Typed Reference-Counted Smart Pointer and Concurrent Programming tools.
45
trc
growingv1.2.4
A faster Arc.
60
irc
growingv1.1.0
the irc crate – usable, async IRC for Rust
Core Metrics
| castbox | trc | irc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 45 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 4.7K | 39.9K | 369.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 13.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| Releases | 19 | 29 | 82 |
| Last Updated | 126d ago | 839d ago | 427d ago |
| Age | 9m | 2y 11m | 11y 6m |
Health Breakdown
castbox
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
trc
Maintenance
7
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
irc
Maintenance
8
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| castbox | trc | irc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 1.2.4 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 200KB | 56KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 17.2% | 4.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •irc leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •irc is depended on by 160 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ trc, irc have not been updated in over a year.
- •castbox is pre-1.0 — API may change.