Decision Workspace
inherface vs network-interface vs ifaddrsx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
inherface
experimentalv0.3.1
Retrieve a system's Network Interfaces on Linux
65
network-interface
stablev2.0.5
Retrieve system's Network Interfaces on Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows on a standarized manner
39
ifaddrsx
growingv0.3.0
Retrieve the names and IP addresses of all active network interfaces.
Core Metrics
| inherface | network-interface | ifaddrsx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 65 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 5.9M | 859 |
| 30d Downloads | 55 | 400.9K | 4 |
| Dependents | 10 | 572 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 26 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 83d ago | 418d ago |
| Age | 9m | 4y 6m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
inherface
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
network-interface
Maintenance
14
Quality
20
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
ifaddrsx
Maintenance
2
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| inherface | network-interface | ifaddrsx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 2.0.5 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | LGPL-2.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 24KB | 7KB |
| Features | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •network-interface leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •network-interface is depended on by 572 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ifaddrsx has not been updated in over a year.
- •inherface, ifaddrsx are pre-1.0 — API may change.