Decision Workspace
heartbeat-watchdog vs gpio-cdev vs soul-gpio
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
heartbeat-watchdog
growingv0.2.0
A versatile heartbeat watchdog
54
gpio-cdev
growingv0.6.0
Linux GPIO Character Device Support (/dev/gpiochipN)
48
soul-gpio
experimentalv0.1.0
GPIO tools for soul-core — digital I/O, PWM, ADC, I2C, SPI. WASM-first, cross-platform.
Core Metrics
| heartbeat-watchdog | gpio-cdev | soul-gpio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 54 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5K | 5.4M | 15 |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 378.6K | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 101 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 369d ago | 927d ago | 45d ago |
| Age | 1y | 7y 6m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
heartbeat-watchdog
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
gpio-cdev
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
soul-gpio
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| heartbeat-watchdog | gpio-cdev | soul-gpio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 33KB | 24KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •gpio-cdev leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •gpio-cdev is depended on by 101 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ heartbeat-watchdog, gpio-cdev have not been updated in over a year.