Decision Workspace
castor vs heed vs sneed
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
castor
growingv0.5.0
Content addressable storage backed by LMDB
64
heed
growingv0.22.0
A fully typed LMDB (mdb.master) wrapper with minimum overhead
53
sneed
growingv0.0.20
A safe wrapper around heed, with better errors and observability
Core Metrics
| castor | heed | sneed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 64 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 17.0K | 2.9M | 17.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 285.7K | 724 |
| Dependents | 0 | 505 | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 51 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 2453d ago | 31d ago | 53d ago |
| Age | 8y 1m | 6y 5m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
castor
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
heed
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
sneed
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| castor | heed | sneed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.22.0 | 0.0.20 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | ISC | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 75KB | 20KB |
| Features | 7 | 21 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.74.1 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •heed leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •heed is depended on by 505 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ castor has not been updated in over a year.