Decision Workspace
llmtxt-core vs soul-core vs trustee
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
llmtxt-core
experimentalv2026.4.13
Core primitives for llmtxt: compression, patching, hashing, signing, and encoding
54
soul-core
experimentalv0.12.4
Async agentic runtime for Rust — steerable agent loops, context management, multi-provider LLM abstraction, virtual filesystem, WASM-ready
51
trustee
experimentalv0.1.59
A general-purpose agent that can morph into different specialized agents using WASM lifecycle plugins
Core Metrics
| llmtxt-core | soul-core | trustee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 293 | 484 | 760 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 18 | 56 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 79d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
llmtxt-core
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
soul-core
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
14
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
trustee
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| llmtxt-core | soul-core | trustee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2026.4.13 | 0.12.4 | 0.1.59 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 22 | 29 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 177KB | 223KB | 472KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •soul-core leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •trustee has the most downloads (760), suggesting wider adoption.
- •soul-core, trustee are pre-1.0 — API may change.