Decision Workspace
liter-llm vs onwards vs swiftide
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
liter-llm
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.3
Universal LLM API client — 142+ providers, streaming, tool calling. Rust-powered, type-safe, compiled.
60
onwards
experimentalv0.22.0
A flexible LLM proxy library
59
swiftide
growingv0.32.1
Fast, streaming indexing, query, and agentic LLM applications in Rust
Core Metrics
| liter-llm | onwards | swiftide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 28 | 10.2K | 80.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 29 | 590 | 843 |
| Dependents | 0 | 151 | 68 |
| Releases | 3 | 44 | 91 |
| Last Updated | today | 4d ago | 132d ago |
| Age | 1d | 7m | 1y 9m |
Health Breakdown
liter-llm
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
onwards
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
swiftide
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| liter-llm | onwards | swiftide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-rc.3 | 0.22.0 | 0.32.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 24 | 35 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 173KB | 176KB | 88KB |
| Features | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •onwards leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •swiftide has the most downloads (80.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •onwards is depended on by 151 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •onwards, swiftide are pre-1.0 — API may change.