Decision Workspace
librustpam vs pam-bindings vs pam-client2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
31
librustpam
growingv0.1.0
Library for UNIX PAM authentication framework
58
pam-bindings
growingv0.2.1
Simplified PAM module creation in Rust
52
pam-client2
growingv0.5.5
Application API wrapper to Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) (forked and fixed version of pam-client)
Core Metrics
| librustpam | pam-bindings | pam-client2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 31 | 58 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 60.5K | 4.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 3218d ago | 2d ago | 59d ago |
| Age | 8y 10m | 3y 10m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
librustpam
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
pam-bindings
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
pam-client2
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| librustpam | pam-bindings | pam-client2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.5.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | non-standard | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 15KB | 42KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pam-bindings leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ librustpam has not been updated in over a year.