Decision Workspace
helix vs rustyroad vs magnus
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
helix
growingv0.7.5
Embed Rust in your Ruby
59
rustyroad
stablev1.0.27
Rusty Road is a framework written in Rust that is based on Ruby on Rails. It is designed to provide the familiar conventions and ease of use of Ruby on Rails, while also taking advantage of the performance and efficiency of Rust.
58
magnus
growingv0.8.2
High level Ruby bindings. Write Ruby extension gems in Rust, or call Ruby code from a Rust binary.
Core Metrics
| helix | rustyroad | magnus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 255.5K | 57.5K | 5.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 0 | 135.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Releases | 15 | 48 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 2961d ago | 16d ago | 279d ago |
| Age | 9y 4m | 3y 6m | 4y 4m |
Health Breakdown
helix
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
rustyroad
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
magnus
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| helix | rustyroad | magnus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.5 | 1.0.27 | 0.8.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | ISC | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 37 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 168KB | 200KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 13.3% | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustyroad leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •magnus has the most downloads (5.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •magnus is depended on by 118 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ helix has not been updated in over a year.
- •helix, magnus are pre-1.0 — API may change.