Decision Workspace
filelock vs fmutex vs filelocks
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
filelock
growingv0.5.0
Cross-platform file locking library for Rust
47
fmutex
growingv0.3.0
Cross-platform mutual exclusion across processes on a file or path
47
filelocks
experimentalv0.1.0
Platform-native file locking with blocking and non-blocking support
Core Metrics
| filelock | fmutex | filelocks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 47 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 7.4K | 63.3K | 70 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 7 | 71 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 100d ago | 368d ago | 16d ago |
| Age | 4y 8m | 4y 3m | 16d |
Health Breakdown
filelock
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
fmutex
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
filelocks
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| filelock | fmutex | filelocks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 10KB | 20KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •filelock leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fmutex has the most downloads (63.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ fmutex has not been updated in over a year.