Decision Workspace
lio vs smol vs orb-tokio
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
lio
experimentalv0.4.1
A platform-independent async I/O library with native support for io_uring (Linux), IOCP (Windows), and kqueue (macOS)
61
smol
growingv2.0.2
A small and fast async runtime
55
orb-tokio
experimentalv0.11.1
orb interface adaptor for tokio ecology. Orb is an abstraction for writing runtime agnostic async code.
Core Metrics
| lio | smol | orb-tokio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 61 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 915 | 17.2M | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.1M | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 6.6K | 9 |
| Releases | 7 | 42 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 73d ago | 625d ago | 66d ago |
| Age | 9m | 6y 3m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
lio
Maintenance
15
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
smol
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
orb-tokio
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| lio | smol | orb-tokio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 2.0.2 | 0.11.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 35 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 136KB | 276KB | 10KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •smol leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smol is depended on by 6.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ smol has not been updated in over a year.
- •lio, orb-tokio are pre-1.0 — API may change.