Decision Workspace
gil vs crossfire vs rtrb
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
gil
experimentalv0.9.0
A collection of high-performance, lock-free concurrent queues (SPSC, MPSC, MPMC, SPMC) with sync and async support
68
crossfire
stablev3.1.16
channels for async and threads
62
rtrb
growingv0.3.4
A realtime-safe single-producer single-consumer ring buffer
Core Metrics
| gil | crossfire | rtrb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 68 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 682 | 606.0K | 7.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 54.6K | 1.0M |
| Dependents | 0 | 355 | 633 |
| Releases | 19 | 77 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 2d ago | 29d ago |
| Age | 5m | 5y 11m | 5y 6m |
Health Breakdown
gil
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
crossfire
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
rtrb
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| gil | crossfire | rtrb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 3.1.16 | 0.3.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 74KB | 104KB | 42KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 31.2% | 7.1% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.79 | 1.38 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crossfire leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rtrb has the most downloads (7.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rtrb is depended on by 633 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •gil, rtrb are pre-1.0 — API may change.