Decision Workspace
kafru vs apalis vs croner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
kafru
growingv1.0.4
kafru is a Python Celery-inspired queuing library for Rust, using cron for scheduling and SurrealDB for storing queues, metrics, and schedules.
65
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
62
croner
growingv3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
Core Metrics
| kafru | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 65 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 19.6K | 784.8K | 4.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 66.9K | 432.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 169 | 1.0K |
| Releases | 18 | 68 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 446d ago | 19d ago | 210d ago |
| Age | 1y 8m | 5y | 2y 6m |
Health Breakdown
kafru
Maintenance
8
Quality
7
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
apalis
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
croner
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| kafru | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 | 0.7.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 7.8MB | 43KB | 54KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 88.9% | 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 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (4.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 1.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kafru has not been updated in over a year.
- •apalis is pre-1.0 — API may change.