Decision Workspace
job-runner vs apalis vs croner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
job-runner
growingv1.0.1
Simple background job runner with configurable delays between job runs
66
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
62
croner
stablev3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
Core Metrics
| job-runner | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 66 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 4.1K | 660.5K | 4.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 51.3K | 906.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 146 | 482 |
| Releases | 3 | 66 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 1163d ago | 2d ago | 151d ago |
| Age | 3y 2m | 4y 10m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
job-runner
Maintenance
4
Quality
22
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
apalis
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
croner
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| job-runner | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 0.7.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | CC0-1.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 43KB | 54KB |
| Features | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (4.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 482 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ job-runner has not been updated in over a year.
- •apalis is pre-1.0 — API may change.