Decision Workspace
feather vs khttp vs actix-web
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
feather
growingv0.8.1
Feather: A minimal HTTP framework for Rust
47
khttp
experimentalv0.2.0
A low-level synchronous HTTP/1.1 server/client library
75
actix-web
stablev4.13.0
Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust
Core Metrics
| feather | khttp | actix-web | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 47 | 75 |
| Total Downloads | 9.8K | 4.5K | 62.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 31 | 36 | 3.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 19.1K |
| Releases | 22 | 14 | 155 |
| Last Updated | 50d ago | 189d ago | 37d ago |
| Age | 1y | 7m | 8y 5m |
Health Breakdown
feather
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
khttp
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
actix-web
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| feather | khttp | actix-web | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 0.2.0 | 4.13.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 2 | 56 |
| Crate Size | 43KB | 28KB | 269KB |
| Features | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| Yanked % | 9.1% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •actix-web leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •actix-web is depended on by 19.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •feather, khttp are pre-1.0 — API may change.