Decision Workspace
icarus-core vs icarus vs icarus-derive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
icarus-core
experimentalv0.6.0
Core abstractions for building MCP servers on ICP
47
icarus
experimentalv0.5.8
Build MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that run as Internet Computer canisters
49
icarus-derive
experimentalv0.6.0
Procedural macros for the Icarus SDK - enables automatic MCP tool metadata generation
Core Metrics
| icarus-core | icarus | icarus-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 47 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 6.2K | 4.9K | 5.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 69 | 4 | 53 |
| Dependents | 56 | 0 | 37 |
| Releases | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 195d ago | 200d ago | 195d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
icarus-core
Maintenance
14
Quality
9
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
icarus
Maintenance
17
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
icarus-derive
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| icarus-core | icarus | icarus-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.5.8 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | non-standard | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 80KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 5.0% | 88.9% | 5.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •icarus-core leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.