Decision Workspace
kill_tree vs process_control vs killport
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
kill_tree
growingv0.2.4
🌳 Kill Tree is a library designed to terminate a specified process and all its child processes recursively, operating independently of other commands like kill or taskkill.
60
process_control
growingv5.2.0
Ergonomically run processes with limits
56
killport
stablev2.0.0
A command-line tool to easily kill processes and containers running on a specified port.
Core Metrics
| kill_tree | process_control | killport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 60 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 312.1K | 923.1K | 98.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 35.9K | 26.5K | 1.2K |
| Dependents | 143 | 214 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 34 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 774d ago | 202d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 2y 1m | 6y | 3y |
Health Breakdown
kill_tree
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
process_control
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
killport
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| kill_tree | process_control | killport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 5.2.0 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 23KB | 47KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.83.0 | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •process_control leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •process_control is depended on by 214 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠kill_tree has not been updated in over a year.
- •kill_tree is pre-1.0 — API may change.