Decision Workspace
dbus vs zvariant vs zvariant_utils
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
66
dbus
growingv0.9.12
Bindings to D-Bus, which is a bus commonly used on Linux for inter-process communication.
73
zvariant
stablev5.13.0
D-Bus & GVariant encoding & decoding
72
zvariant_utils
stablev3.5.0
Various utilities used internally by the zvariant crate.
Core Metrics
| dbus | zvariant | zvariant_utils | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 66 | 73 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 30.7M | 63.4M | 55.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.2M | 3.8M | 3.7M |
| Dependents | 1.7K | 1.2K | 138 |
| Releases | 50 | 68 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 10d ago | 6d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 11y 5m | 6y 6m | 3y 4m |
Health Breakdown
dbus
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
zvariant
Maintenance
20
Quality
19
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
zvariant_utils
Maintenance
19
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| dbus | zvariant | zvariant_utils | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.12 | 5.13.0 | 3.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0/MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 19 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 106KB | 97KB | 17KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zvariant leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •dbus is depended on by 1.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •dbus is pre-1.0 — API may change.