Decision Workspace
crossfire vs gil vs chenal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
68
crossfire
stablev3.1.16
channels for async and threads
55
gil
experimentalv0.9.0
A collection of high-performance, lock-free concurrent queues (SPSC, MPSC, MPMC, SPMC) with sync and async support
49
chenal
experimentalv0.1.0-alpha.2
Performant channel implementations
Core Metrics
| crossfire | gil | chenal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 68 | 55 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 606.0K | 682 | 26 |
| 30d Downloads | 54.6K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 355 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 77 | 19 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 8d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 5y 11m | 5m | 7d |
Health Breakdown
crossfire
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
gil
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
chenal
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| crossfire | gil | chenal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.16 | 0.9.0 | 0.1.0-alpha.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 5 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 104KB | 74KB | 40KB |
| Features | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 31.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.79 | — | 1.87 |
| 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.
- •gil, chenal are pre-1.0 — API may change.