Decision Workspace
claudecode vs claude-sdk vs claude-sdk-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
claudecode
experimentalv0.1.20
A Rust SDK for programmatically interacting with Claude Code
52
claude-sdk
experimentalv1.0.0
Native Rust SDK for the Claude API with streaming support and tool execution
51
claude-sdk-rs
growingv1.0.2
Rust SDK for Claude AI with CLI integration - type-safe async API for Claude Code and direct SDK usage
Core Metrics
| claudecode | claude-sdk | claude-sdk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 1.3K | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 46 | 8 | 0 |
| Releases | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 165d ago | 199d ago |
| Age | 9m | 5m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
claudecode
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
claude-sdk
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
claude-sdk-rs
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| claudecode | claude-sdk | claude-sdk-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.20 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 19 | 21 | 43 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 84KB | 928KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •claudecode leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •claudecode is pre-1.0 — API may change.