Decision Workspace
heapster vs talloc vs ferroc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
heapster
experimentalv0.6.0
A lightweight wrapper enhancing the global allocator with useful metrics.
48
talloc
growingv2.0.1
A fast, consistant, and flexible `no_std`-compatible allocator.
45
ferroc
growingv0.3.0
A fast & lock-free memory allocator library
Core Metrics
| heapster | talloc | ferroc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 48 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 165 | 5.1K | 18.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 1039d ago | 742d ago |
| Age | 26d | 2y 10m | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
heapster
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
talloc
Maintenance
7
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
ferroc
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| heapster | talloc | ferroc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 2.0.1 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | CC0-1.0 OR MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 29KB | 44KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.1% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •heapster leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ferroc has the most downloads (18.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ talloc, ferroc have not been updated in over a year.
- •heapster, ferroc are pre-1.0 — API may change.