Decision Workspace
hron vs cron vs cron-lite
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
hron
experimentalv1.0.0
Human-readable cron — scheduling expressions that are a superset of what cron can express
64
cron
growingv0.16.0
A cron expression parser and schedule explorer.
57
cron-lite
growingv0.3.1
Lightweight cron expressions parser and time series generator
Core Metrics
| hron | cron | cron-lite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 64 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 939 | 10.1M | 5.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 580 | 1.3M | 241 |
| Dependents | 13 | 4.8K | 6 |
| Releases | 13 | 22 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 2d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 1m | 10y 9m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
hron
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
cron
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
cron-lite
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| hron | cron | cron-lite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.16.0 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 48KB | 26KB | 44KB |
| Features | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.93 | — | 1.86 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cron leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cron is depended on by 4.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •cron, cron-lite are pre-1.0 — API may change.