Decision Workspace
drop-root vs spirit vs dmon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
drop-root
growingv1.2.2
Drop root privileges easily
50
spirit
growingv0.4.21
Helper to create well behaved daemons with runtime-reconfiguration support
50
dmon
experimentalv0.2.2
A library for building daemon processes.
Core Metrics
| drop-root | spirit | dmon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 8.3K | 67.2K | 821 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 44 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 318d ago | 1672d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 7y 8m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
drop-root
Maintenance
6
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
spirit
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
dmon
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| drop-root | spirit | dmon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 | 0.4.21 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Unlicense | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 25 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 88KB | 13KB |
| Features | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spirit leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ spirit has not been updated in over a year.
- •spirit, dmon are pre-1.0 — API may change.