Decision Workspace
ipc-queue vs spmcq vs circular-buffer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
62
ipc-queue
growingv0.5.0
An implementation of FIFO queue described in fortanix-sgx-abi used for asynchronous usercalls.
34
spmcq
growingv0.1.0
A Rust library for a thread-safe single-producer, multiple-consumer bounded ring buffer (FIFO queue)
64
circular-buffer
growingv1.2.0
Efficient, fixed-size, overwriting circular buffer
Core Metrics
| ipc-queue | spmcq | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 62 | 34 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 78.3K | 2.0K | 2.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 4.5K | 24 | 484.4K |
| Dependents | 11 | 0 | 195 |
| Releases | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 37d ago | 795d ago | 200d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 2y 2m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
ipc-queue
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
spmcq
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
circular-buffer
Maintenance
11
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| ipc-queue | spmcq | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.1.0 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 8KB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-buffer leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •circular-buffer is depended on by 195 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ spmcq has not been updated in over a year.
- •ipc-queue, spmcq are pre-1.0 — API may change.