Decision Workspace
claude-agents-sdk vs claude-sdk vs claudecode
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
claude-agents-sdk
experimentalv0.1.7
Rust SDK for building agents with Claude Code CLI
63
claude-sdk
growingv2.1.0
Native Rust SDK for the Claude API with streaming support and tool execution
58
claudecode
experimentalv0.1.24
A Rust SDK for programmatically interacting with Claude Code
Core Metrics
| claude-agents-sdk | claude-sdk | claudecode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 63 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 291 | 1.6K | 3.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 61 |
| Releases | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 141d ago | 20d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 6m | 7m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
claude-agents-sdk
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
claude-sdk
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
claudecode
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| claude-agents-sdk | claude-sdk | claudecode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 2.1.0 | 0.1.24 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 146KB | 121KB | 48KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.75 | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •claude-sdk leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •claudecode has the most downloads (3.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •claude-agents-sdk, claudecode are pre-1.0 — API may change.