Decision Workspace
extcap vs r-extcap vs rtshark
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
extcap
growingv0.4.0
Crate for writing extcap Wireshark plugins.
48
r-extcap
growingv0.2.5
Write Wireshark extcap programs in Rust
63
rtshark
stablev4.2.1
A Rust interface for TShark
Core Metrics
| extcap | r-extcap | rtshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 48 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 6.1K | 25.6K | 63.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 1.1K | 4.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Releases | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 1496d ago | 474d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 6y 2m | 3y | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
extcap
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
r-extcap
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
rtshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| extcap | r-extcap | rtshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.2.5 | 4.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 34KB | 77KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rtshark leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ extcap, r-extcap have not been updated in over a year.
- •extcap, r-extcap are pre-1.0 — API may change.