Decision Workspace
hlc-gen vs uhlc vs clocksource
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
hlc-gen
growingv2.0.0
Lock-free Hybrid Logical Clock (HLC) timestamp generator.
65
uhlc
growingv0.9.0
A Unique Hybrid Logical Clock for Rust.
64
clocksource
stablev1.0.0
Library for times and durations with fixed-size representations
Core Metrics
| hlc-gen | uhlc | clocksource | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 12.7K | 3.3M | 15.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 492 | 257.4K | 844.7K |
| Dependents | 2 | 551 | 89 |
| Releases | 15 | 19 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 199d ago | 74d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 11m | 5y 8m | 9y 7m |
Health Breakdown
hlc-gen
Maintenance
11
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
uhlc
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
clocksource
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| hlc-gen | uhlc | clocksource | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 | 0.9.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 29KB | 22KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •uhlc leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •clocksource has the most downloads (15.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •uhlc is depended on by 551 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •uhlc is pre-1.0 — API may change.