Decision Workspace
drift-rs vs solana_trade_sdk vs orca_whirlpools
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
drift-rs
growingv1.0.0-alpha.15
Rust SDK for Drift V2 Protocol on the Solana blockchain.
40
solana_trade_sdk
experimentalv0.1.0
A Solana trading SDK for bots and DEX integration
61
orca_whirlpools
stablev8.0.0
Orca's high-level rust sdk to interact with Orca's on-chain Whirlpool program.
Core Metrics
| drift-rs | solana_trade_sdk | orca_whirlpools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 40 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 10.3K | 880 | 380.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 24.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 452d ago | 353d ago | 61d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 11m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
drift-rs
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
solana_trade_sdk
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
orca_whirlpools
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| drift-rs | solana_trade_sdk | orca_whirlpools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-alpha.15 | 0.1.0 | 8.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 32 | 1 | 42 |
| Crate Size | 227KB | 9KB | 98KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •orca_whirlpools leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •orca_whirlpools is depended on by 105 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ drift-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •solana_trade_sdk is pre-1.0 — API may change.