Decision Workspace
libmount vs whichdisk vs mountinfo2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
libmount
growingv0.1.15
The type-safe wrapper around mount system call
56
whichdisk
experimentalv0.3.1
Cross-platform disk/volume resolver — given a path, tells you which disk it's on, its mount point, and the relative path
44
mountinfo2
experimentalv0.2.2
A Rust library for parsing mount points on Linux and other Unix systems.
Core Metrics
| libmount | whichdisk | mountinfo2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 56 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 496.7K | 58 | 2.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 13.9K | 62 | 503 |
| Dependents | 172 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 2325d ago | 7d ago | 142d ago |
| Age | 9y 11m | 9d | 4m |
Health Breakdown
libmount
Maintenance
7
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
whichdisk
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
mountinfo2
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| libmount | whichdisk | mountinfo2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.15 | 0.3.1 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 41KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whichdisk leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libmount has the most downloads (496.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •libmount is depended on by 172 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ libmount has not been updated in over a year.