Decision Workspace
magic-ring-buffer vs vmcircbuf vs network-collections
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
magic-ring-buffer
growingv0.1.0
A magic ring buffer (also known as a virtual ring buffer, VRB, or mirrored buffer) which is lock-free for multiple producers and a single consumer.
48
vmcircbuf
growingv0.2.8
A circular buffer that magically wraps around without any copying
40
network-collections
growingv0.1.9
Collections suitable for use with networking, particularly when a fixed memory usage is required to prevent out-of-memory crashes. Includes two kinds of least recently used caches, a bounded hash map, a magic ring buffer (virtual ring buffer) and an arena allocator.
Core Metrics
| magic-ring-buffer | vmcircbuf | network-collections | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 48 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 2.8K | 13.7K | 17.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 15 | 79 |
| Dependents | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 2610d ago | 2151d ago | 2677d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 5y 11m | 7y 8m |
Health Breakdown
magic-ring-buffer
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
vmcircbuf
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
network-collections
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| magic-ring-buffer | vmcircbuf | network-collections | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.8 | 0.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 7KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •vmcircbuf leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •network-collections has the most downloads (17.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ magic-ring-buffer, vmcircbuf, network-collections have not been updated in over a year.