Decision Workspace
defrag vs emcell vs whyos
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
defrag
growingv0.1.4
safe and low overhead defragmenting memory manager for microcontrollers
49
emcell
growingv0.0.4
Reserve flash memory regions to safely keep multiple binary and library binaries (cells) on a microcontroller. The cells can call functions from other cells.
45
whyos
experimentalv0.1.1
A lightweight, preemptive RTOS
Core Metrics
| defrag | emcell | whyos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 49 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 9.6K | 4.8K | 62 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Releases | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 3330d ago | 77d ago | 52d ago |
| Age | 9y 10m | 2y 1m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
defrag
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
emcell
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
whyos
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| defrag | emcell | whyos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 0.0.4 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 6KB | 33KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •emcell leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •defrag has the most downloads (9.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ defrag has not been updated in over a year.