Decision Workspace
mainline vs dht vs mtorrent-dht
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
68
mainline
stablev6.1.1
Simple, robust, BitTorrent's Mainline DHT implementation
55
dht
growingv6.4.0
Simple, robust, BitTorrent's Mainline DHT implementation
53
mtorrent-dht
experimentalv0.4.3
Asynchronous implementation of Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for the BitTorrent protocol
Core Metrics
| mainline | dht | mtorrent-dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 68 | 55 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 235.6K | 2.0K | 1.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 29.3K | 69 | 155 |
| Dependents | 264 | 4 | 20 |
| Releases | 39 | 8 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 50d ago | 29d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 8m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
mainline
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
dht
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mtorrent-dht
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mainline | dht | mtorrent-dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 6.1.1 | 6.4.0 | 0.4.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 25 | 24 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 76KB | 82KB | 42KB |
| Features | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mainline leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mainline is depended on by 264 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mtorrent-dht is pre-1.0 — API may change.