Decision Workspace
doas vs iamroot vs pam-client2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
doas
experimentalv0.1.0
A Rust implementation of doas, a minimal sudo alternative with PAM authentication
42
iamroot
experimentalv0.2.0
Display a message informing you whether this program is running as root or not
55
pam-client2
growingv0.5.5
Application API wrapper to Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) (forked and fixed version of pam-client)
Core Metrics
| doas | iamroot | pam-client2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 42 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 18 | 780 | 3.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 4 | 86 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 70d ago | 260d ago | today |
| Age | 2m | 8m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
doas
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
iamroot
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
pam-client2
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| doas | iamroot | pam-client2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.0 | 0.5.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 17KB | 42KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.92.0 | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pam-client2 leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.