Decision Workspace
filelock vs fmutex vs file_locking
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
filelock
growingv0.5.0
Cross-platform file locking library for Rust
48
fmutex
growingv0.3.0
Cross-platform mutual exclusion across processes on a file or path
39
file_locking
growingv0.1.0
A lean file locking implementation for Unix and Windows
Core Metrics
| filelock | fmutex | file_locking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 48 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 7.3K | 55.7K | 1.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 75 | 4.4K | 4 |
| Dependents | 6 | 71 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 40d ago | 309d ago | 467d ago |
| Age | 4y 6m | 4y 1m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
filelock
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
fmutex
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
file_locking
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| filelock | fmutex | file_locking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 10KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66.0 | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •filelock leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fmutex has the most downloads (55.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ file_locking has not been updated in over a year.