Decision Workspace
crosswall vs pfctl vs sniffnet
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
crosswall
experimentalv0.0.0
A cross-platform library to interact with native operating system firewalls
49
pfctl
growingv0.7.0
Library for interfacing with the Packet Filter (PF) firewall on macOS
49
sniffnet
stablev1.4.2
Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic
Core Metrics
| crosswall | pfctl | sniffnet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 49 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 571 | 520.9K | 46.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 35.9K | 159 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 314d ago | 196d ago | 143d ago |
| Age | 10m | 8y 3m | 3y 7m |
Health Breakdown
crosswall
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
7
pfctl
Maintenance
9
Quality
10
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
sniffnet
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| crosswall | pfctl | sniffnet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.0 | 0.7.0 | 1.4.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 10 | 32 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 54KB | 12.1MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pfctl leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crosswall, pfctl are pre-1.0 — API may change.