Decision Workspace
croner vs croner-scheduler vs apalis
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
62
croner
growingv3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
42
croner-scheduler
growingv0.0.12
A threaded cron job scheduler library for Rust
65
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
Core Metrics
| croner | croner-scheduler | apalis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 62 | 42 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 4.7M | 4.1K | 784.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 432.1K | 0 | 66.9K |
| Dependents | 1.0K | 0 | 169 |
| Releases | 29 | 3 | 68 |
| Last Updated | 210d ago | 886d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 2y 5m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
croner
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
croner-scheduler
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
apalis
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| croner | croner-scheduler | apalis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.1 | 0.0.12 | 0.7.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 54KB | 9KB | 43KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 6.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (4.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 1.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ croner-scheduler has not been updated in over a year.
- •croner-scheduler, apalis are pre-1.0 — API may change.