Decision Workspace
dkim-milter vs mail-send vs mailrs-dkim
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
dkim-milter
growingv0.1.0
Milter for DKIM signing and verification
61
mail-send
growingv0.6.0
E-mail delivery library with SMTP and DKIM support
59
mailrs-dkim
experimentalv1.5.0
RFC 6376 DKIM signature verifier. Parses DKIM-Signature headers, applies simple/relaxed canonicalization, verifies rsa-sha256 signatures against the selector TXT record. Pluggable DNS via DkimResolver trait.
Core Metrics
| dkim-milter | mail-send | mailrs-dkim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 61 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 12.5K | 420.1K | 144 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 22.1K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 173 | 3 |
| Releases | 10 | 23 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 711d ago | 42d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 3y 12m | 3d |
Health Breakdown
dkim-milter
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
mail-send
Maintenance
16
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
mailrs-dkim
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| dkim-milter | mail-send | mailrs-dkim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.0 | 1.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 91KB | 38KB | 57KB |
| Features | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.67.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mail-send leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mail-send is depended on by 173 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dkim-milter has not been updated in over a year.
- •dkim-milter, mail-send are pre-1.0 — API may change.