Decision Workspace
kad vs mtorrent-dht vs tesseras-dht
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
kad
growingv0.6.1
A generic / futures based implementation of the Kademlia Distributed Hash Table (DHT)
53
mtorrent-dht
experimentalv0.4.3
Asynchronous implementation of Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for the BitTorrent protocol
50
tesseras-dht
experimentalv0.1.4
NAT-aware Kademlia DHT library
Core Metrics
| kad | mtorrent-dht | tesseras-dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 53 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 15.1K | 1.8K | 63 |
| 30d Downloads | 31 | 155 | 63 |
| Dependents | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| Releases | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 1694d ago | 9d ago | today |
| Age | 7y 3m | 6m | 3d |
Health Breakdown
kad
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
mtorrent-dht
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tesseras-dht
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| kad | mtorrent-dht | tesseras-dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.4.3 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT / Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | ISC |
| Dependencies | 14 | 16 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 42KB | 105KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mtorrent-dht leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kad has the most downloads (15.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ kad has not been updated in over a year.