Decision Workspace
external-buffered-stream vs pipebuf vs circular-buffer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
external-buffered-stream
experimentalv0.1.7
A stream that stores pending items in a external buffer
50
pipebuf
growingv0.3.2
Efficient byte-stream pipe buffer
64
circular-buffer
growingv1.2.0
Efficient, fixed-size, overwriting circular buffer
Core Metrics
| external-buffered-stream | pipebuf | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 50 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0K | 14.4K | 2.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 107 | 463.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 195 |
| Releases | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 140d ago | 634d ago | 200d ago |
| Age | 7m | 2y 9m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
external-buffered-stream
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
pipebuf
Maintenance
5
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
circular-buffer
Maintenance
11
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| external-buffered-stream | pipebuf | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 0.3.2 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 30KB | 40KB |
| Features | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-buffer leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •circular-buffer is depended on by 195 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pipebuf has not been updated in over a year.
- •external-buffered-stream, pipebuf are pre-1.0 — API may change.