Decision Workspace
mailrs-dns vs viaspf vs viaspf-record
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mailrs-dns
experimentalv1.0.0
Light hickory-resolver wrapper exposing the 5 DNS query types email servers actually use (TXT, A, AAAA, MX, PTR). NXDOMAIN mapped to empty Vec for consistent caller code. Shared trait so future versions of mailrs-spf/dkim/dnsbl can adopt one resolver shape.
54
viaspf
growingv0.6.0
Implementation of the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) specification
49
viaspf-record
growingv0.5.1
Data model and parser for Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records
Core Metrics
| mailrs-dns | viaspf | viaspf-record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 111.8K | 87.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 80 | 27 |
| Releases | 1 | 27 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 750d ago | 750d ago |
| Age | 3d | 5y 12m | 4y 4m |
Health Breakdown
mailrs-dns
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
viaspf
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
viaspf-record
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| mailrs-dns | viaspf | viaspf-record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 57KB | 29KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65.0 | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •viaspf leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ viaspf, viaspf-record have not been updated in over a year.
- •viaspf, viaspf-record are pre-1.0 — API may change.