Decision Workspace
global_cell vs irc vs irc-repartee
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
global_cell
experimentalv0.2.0
A thread-safe, async-friendly, performant global cell alternative built on Rust and Tokio primitives
60
irc
growingv1.1.0
the irc crate – usable, async IRC for Rust
49
irc-repartee
experimentalv1.5.0
the irc crate – usable, async IRC for Rust. Temporary fork for repartee IRC client (bind_address, immediate flush, rustls fix, flood protection, batched autojoin, local_addr, outgoing task handle).
Core Metrics
| global_cell | irc | irc-repartee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 60 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 37 | 344.0K | 175 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 9.0K | 175 |
| Dependents | 0 | 158 | 20 |
| Releases | 1 | 82 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 118d ago | 368d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 3m | 11y 4m | 20d |
Health Breakdown
global_cell
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
irc
Maintenance
8
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
14
irc-repartee
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| global_cell | irc | irc-repartee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.1.0 | 1.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 28 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 56KB | 63KB |
| Features | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.9% | 28.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •irc leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •irc is depended on by 158 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ irc has not been updated in over a year.
- •global_cell is pre-1.0 — API may change.