Decision Workspace
limpet vs codelens-engine vs lip-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
limpet
experimentalv0.13.0
small shell. long memory. Persistent engineering memory for AI coding agents: AST-anchored, evidence-verified, flagged stale the moment the code changes. Local MCP server.
58
codelens-engine
experimentalv1.13.34
Harness-native Rust MCP server for code intelligence — hybrid retrieval, mutation-gated workflows, and a token-lean response contract tuned for frontier agent models (Claude Fable-class)
54
lip-core
experimentalv2.3.5
LIP — persistent, incremental code intelligence graph. WAL-backed daemon, blast-radius indexing, MCP/LSP protocol, semantic embeddings, and registry slices.
Core Metrics
| limpet | codelens-engine | lip-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 58 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 270 | 1.3K | 194 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 75 | 9 |
| Releases | 16 | 47 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 10d ago | 79d ago |
| Age | 10d | 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
limpet
Maintenance
17
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
codelens-engine
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
lip-core
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| limpet | codelens-engine | lip-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 1.13.34 | 2.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 65 | 31 |
| Crate Size | 670KB | 333KB | 214KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.78 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •codelens-engine leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •limpet is pre-1.0 — API may change.