Decision Workspace
lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer vs circular-queue vs nexus-queue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer
growingv0.4.0
A lock-free, multi-producer, single-consumer (MPSC) ring buffer. Optimized for sending and receiving 'bursts' of messages. Can also be used as a ring queue. It is a Rust port of Mindaugas Rasiukevicius's ringbuf.
53
circular-queue
growingv0.2.7
A circular buffer-like queue.
53
nexus-queue
experimentalv1.2.0
High-performance lock-free SPSC and MPSC queues for low-latency systems
Core Metrics
| lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer | circular-queue | nexus-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 53 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 7.5K | 1.3M | 2.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 23 | 31.0K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 2 | 122 | 12 |
| Releases | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 2625d ago | 378d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 8y 8m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
circular-queue
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
nexus-queue
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer | circular-queue | nexus-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.2.7 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 12KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2015 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-queue leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •circular-queue is depended on by 122 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer, circular-queue have not been updated in over a year.
- •lock-free-multi-producer-single-consumer-ring-buffer, circular-queue are pre-1.0 — API may change.