Decision Workspace
gattii vs serialport vs serial
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
gattii
growingv0.13.0
Cross platform GUI (GTK-based) serial terminal
74
serialport
stablev4.9.0
A cross-platform low-level serial port library.
48
serial
growingv0.4.0
Rust library for accessing serial ports.
Core Metrics
| gattii | serialport | serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 74 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 11.8K | 12.6M | 5.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 798.3K | 447.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.4K | 404 |
| Releases | 7 | 37 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 2673d ago | 11d ago | 3159d ago |
| Age | 9y 3m | 9y 3m | 11y |
Health Breakdown
gattii
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
serialport
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
serial
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| gattii | serialport | serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 4.9.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 21 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 67KB | 84KB | 3KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 10.8% | 5.9% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.59.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •serialport leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serialport is depended on by 2.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ gattii, serial have not been updated in over a year.
- •gattii, serial are pre-1.0 — API may change.