Decision Workspace
hron-cli vs cronwait vs cron
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
hron-cli
experimentalv1.0.0
CLI for hron — human-readable cron
37
cronwait
experimentalv0.1.0
A simple command-line utility to wait for the next cron schedule, ideal for Docker containers.
64
cron
growingv0.16.0
A cron expression parser and schedule explorer.
Core Metrics
| hron-cli | cronwait | cron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 37 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 176 | 400 | 10.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 16 | 3 | 1.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 4.8K |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 223d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 1m | 7m | 10y 9m |
Health Breakdown
hron-cli
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
cronwait
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
cron
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| hron-cli | cronwait | cron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.16.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 8KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| 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.
- •cronwait, cron are pre-1.0 — API may change.