Decision Workspace
deferred-cell vs pin-weak vs weak-map
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
deferred-cell
experimentalv0.6.3
A single-assignment, weak reference wrapper for cyclic node graphs with late initialization
59
pin-weak
growingv1.1.0
Small wrapper around an equivalent of Pin<Weak<T>>
52
weak-map
experimentalv0.1.2
BTreeMap with weak references
Core Metrics
| deferred-cell | pin-weak | weak-map | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 59 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 1.5M | 9.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 38 | 84.6K | 1.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 336 | 3 |
| Releases | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 24d ago | 1579d ago | 174d ago |
| Age | 9m | 5y 7m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
deferred-cell
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
pin-weak
Maintenance
3
Quality
23
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
weak-map
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| deferred-cell | pin-weak | weak-map | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.3 | 1.1.0 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 4KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pin-weak leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pin-weak is depended on by 336 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pin-weak has not been updated in over a year.
- •deferred-cell, weak-map are pre-1.0 — API may change.