Decision Workspace
herb vs rustyroad vs helix
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
herb
experimentalv0.9.2
Rust bindings for Herb
56
rustyroad
stablev1.0.26
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.
42
helix
growingv0.7.5
Embed Rust in your Ruby
Core Metrics
| herb | rustyroad | helix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 56 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 360 | 57.1K | 171.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 70 | 88 | 27.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 15 | 47 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 76d ago | 2853d ago |
| Age | 4m | 3y 2m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
herb
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
rustyroad
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
helix
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| herb | rustyroad | helix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.2 | 1.0.26 | 0.7.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | ISC |
| Dependencies | 7 | 37 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 458KB | 167KB | 13KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.1% | 13.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustyroad leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •helix has the most downloads (171.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ helix has not been updated in over a year.
- •herb, helix are pre-1.0 — API may change.