Decision Workspace
franz vs smallring vs rustfs-kafka
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
franz
growingv0.7.5
a simple, friendly, and blazingly fast alternative to Apache Kafka
63
smallring
experimentalv0.2.3
High-performance ring buffer with automatic stack/heap optimization | 高性能环形缓冲区，支持栈/堆自动优化
59
rustfs-kafka
experimentalv1.2.0
Rust client for Apache Kafka
Core Metrics
| franz | smallring | rustfs-kafka | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 63 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 13.2K | 24.4K | 15.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 9.2K | 6.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Releases | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 622d ago | 1d ago | 81d ago |
| Age | 2y | 8m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
franz
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
smallring
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
rustfs-kafka
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| franz | smallring | rustfs-kafka | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.5 | 0.2.3 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 69KB | 138KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | 1.93.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •smallring leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ franz has not been updated in over a year.
- •franz, smallring are pre-1.0 — API may change.