Decision Workspace
hickory-tower-resolver vs mailrs-dns vs hyper-system-resolver
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
hickory-tower-resolver
experimentalv0.0.1
Wrap hickory-resolver as a tower::Service for hyper-util's HttpConnector.
50
mailrs-dns
experimentalv1.0.0
Light hickory-resolver wrapper exposing the 5 DNS query types email servers actually use (TXT, A, AAAA, MX, PTR). NXDOMAIN mapped to empty Vec for consistent caller code. Shared trait so future versions of mailrs-spf/dkim/dnsbl can adopt one resolver shape.
45
hyper-system-resolver
growingv0.7.0
An advanced system resolver for use with hyper & hyper-util.
Core Metrics
| hickory-tower-resolver | mailrs-dns | hyper-system-resolver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 50 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 34 | 13 | 659.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 15.2K |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 3d ago | 232d ago |
| Age | 17d | 3d | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
hickory-tower-resolver
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
mailrs-dns
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
hyper-system-resolver
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| hickory-tower-resolver | mailrs-dns | hyper-system-resolver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 23KB | 11KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.95 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mailrs-dns leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hyper-system-resolver has the most downloads (659.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •hickory-tower-resolver, hyper-system-resolver are pre-1.0 — API may change.