Decision Workspace
conqueue vs ubq vs thingbuf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
conqueue
growingv0.4.0
Yet another multi-producer, single-consumer queue (MPSC)
55
ubq
experimentalv4.0.0
Lock-free unbounded MPMC queue backed by a linked ring of fixed-size blocks.
52
thingbuf
growingv0.1.6
I'm at the buffer pool. I'm at the MPSC channel. I'm at the combination MPSC channel and buffer pool.
Core Metrics
| conqueue | ubq | thingbuf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 55 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 181.9K | 114 | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 3.8K | 0 | 60.0K |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 266 |
| Releases | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 1947d ago | 19d ago | 767d ago |
| Age | 6y 10m | 3m | 4y 2m |
Health Breakdown
conqueue
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
ubq
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
thingbuf
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| conqueue | ubq | thingbuf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 4.0.0 | 0.1.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 87KB | 81KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.57.0 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ubq leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •thingbuf has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •thingbuf is depended on by 266 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ conqueue, thingbuf have not been updated in over a year.
- •conqueue, thingbuf are pre-1.0 — API may change.