Decision Workspace
chenal vs theta-sync vs crossfire
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
chenal
experimentalv0.1.0-alpha.2
Performant channel implementations
42
theta-sync
experimentalv0.1.0-alpha.1
A high-performance no_std MPSC channel with full Tokio compatibility
68
crossfire
stablev3.1.16
channels for async and threads
Core Metrics
| chenal | theta-sync | crossfire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 42 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 26 | 763 | 606.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 54.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 355 |
| Releases | 2 | 2 | 77 |
| Last Updated | 6d ago | 294d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 7d | 9m | 5y 11m |
Health Breakdown
chenal
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
theta-sync
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
crossfire
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| chenal | theta-sync | crossfire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-alpha.2 | 0.1.0-alpha.1 | 3.1.16 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 2 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 32KB | 104KB |
| Features | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 31.2% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | 1.75.0 | 1.79 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crossfire leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crossfire is depended on by 355 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •chenal, theta-sync are pre-1.0 — API may change.