Decision Workspace
firestorm vs pyroscope vs puffin
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
firestorm
growingv0.5.1
A low overhead intrusive flamegraph profiler.
68
pyroscope
stablev2.0.0
Pyroscope Profiler Agent for continuous profiling of Rust, Python and Ruby applications.
67
puffin
growingv0.20.0
Simple instrumentation profiler for games
Core Metrics
| firestorm | pyroscope | puffin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 68 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 5.5M | 6.2M | 3.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 67.8K | 453.4K | 217.3K |
| Dependents | 75 | 191 | 1.5K |
| Releases | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| Last Updated | 1407d ago | 18d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 4y 3m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
firestorm
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
pyroscope
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
puffin
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| firestorm | pyroscope | puffin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 2.0.0 | 0.20.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 17 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 79KB | 36KB |
| Features | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66 | 1.92.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 5 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pyroscope leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •puffin is depended on by 1.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ firestorm has not been updated in over a year.
- •firestorm, puffin are pre-1.0 — API may change.