Decision Workspace
ironsbe-transport vs zerodds-transport-udp vs smoltcp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
ironsbe-transport
experimentalv0.3.0
Network transport layer for IronSBE - TCP, UDP, and IPC
52
zerodds-transport-udp
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.1
UDP/IP-PSM für ZeroDDS — DDSI-RTPS 2.5 §9.6.1: UDPv4 Unicast + Multicast (Discovery), SO_REUSE, Multicast-TTL.
72
smoltcp
growingv0.13.1
A TCP/IP stack designed for bare-metal, real-time systems without a heap.
Core Metrics
| ironsbe-transport | zerodds-transport-udp | smoltcp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 52 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 2.2K | 90 | 6.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 356.3K |
| Dependents | 21 | 2 | 629 |
| Releases | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 43d ago | 17d ago | 25d ago |
| Age | 3m | 17d | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
ironsbe-transport
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
zerodds-transport-udp
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
smoltcp
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| ironsbe-transport | zerodds-transport-udp | smoltcp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 1.0.0-rc.1 | 0.13.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | 0BSD |
| Dependencies | 18 | 6 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 16KB | 361KB |
| Features | 5 | 4 | 190 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.91 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •smoltcp leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smoltcp is depended on by 629 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •ironsbe-transport, smoltcp are pre-1.0 — API may change.