Decision Workspace
grain-id-cli vs caretta-id vs mtid
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
grain-id-cli
experimentalv0.13.0
Reference tool to generate/encode/decode grain-id
61
caretta-id
experimentalv0.12.2
Renamed to grain-id — see https://crates.io/crates/grain-id
54
mtid
experimentalv0.6.1
Human-friendly id for personal distributed system (deprecated, use the caretta-id crate)
Core Metrics
| grain-id-cli | caretta-id | mtid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 61 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 8 | 1.1K | 2.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 603 | 121 |
| Dependents | 0 | 20 | 12 |
| Releases | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Last Updated | today | today | 134d ago |
| Age | 1d | 4m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
grain-id-cli
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
caretta-id
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mtid
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| grain-id-cli | caretta-id | mtid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 0.12.2 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 18 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 39KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caretta-id leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mtid has the most downloads (2.0K), suggesting wider adoption.