Decision Workspace
mail-auth vs vsmtp-auth vs mailrs-dmarc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
mail-auth
growingv0.9.0
DKIM, ARC, SPF and DMARC library for Rust
59
vsmtp-auth
growingv2.2.1
Next-gen MTA. Secured, Faster and Greener
55
mailrs-dmarc
experimentalv1.1.0
DMARC (RFC 7489) aggregate report generation: result recording, XML report builder, report-mail formatter, rua extraction. Pluggable store trait with a Postgres reference impl.
Core Metrics
| mail-auth | vsmtp-auth | mailrs-dmarc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 59 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 371.2K | 51.2K | 63 |
| 30d Downloads | 15.3K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 53 | 125 | 0 |
| Releases | 28 | 36 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 20d ago | 1151d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 3y 9m | 5d |
Health Breakdown
mail-auth
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
vsmtp-auth
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
mailrs-dmarc
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mail-auth | vsmtp-auth | mailrs-dmarc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 2.2.1 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 18 | 19 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 176KB | 24KB | 40KB |
| Features | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66.1 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mail-auth leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •vsmtp-auth is depended on by 125 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vsmtp-auth has not been updated in over a year.
- •mail-auth is pre-1.0 — API may change.