Decision Workspace
magnetic vs circular-buffer vs ringbuf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
magnetic
growingv2.5.2
Low-latency lock-free queues
64
circular-buffer
growingv1.2.0
Efficient, fixed-size, overwriting circular buffer
63
ringbuf
growingv0.4.8
Lock-free SPSC FIFO ring buffer with direct access to inner data
Core Metrics
| magnetic | circular-buffer | ringbuf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 64 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 25.7K | 2.5M | 10.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 225 | 463.6K | 653.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 195 | 1.3K |
| Releases | 13 | 13 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 145d ago | 200d ago | 92d ago |
| Age | 10y | 3y 1m | 7y 2m |
Health Breakdown
magnetic
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
circular-buffer
Maintenance
11
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
ringbuf
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| magnetic | circular-buffer | ringbuf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.5.2 | 1.2.0 | 0.4.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 40KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 15.4% | 0.0% | 15.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-buffer leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ringbuf has the most downloads (10.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •ringbuf is depended on by 1.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •ringbuf is pre-1.0 — API may change.