Decision Workspace
memberlist-proto vs foca vs serf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
memberlist-proto
growingv0.2.0
Proto types and traits for the memberlist crate.
61
foca
stablev1.0.0
Gossip-based cluster membership discovery, based on SWIM
53
serf
growingv0.4.1
A decentralized solution for service discovery and orchestration that is lightweight, highly available, and fault tolerant.
Core Metrics
| memberlist-proto | foca | serf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 61 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 5.9K | 132.9K | 2.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 483 | 5.8K | 110 |
| Dependents | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 25 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 143d ago | 114d ago | 115d ago |
| Age | 1y | 4y 4m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
memberlist-proto
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
foca
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
serf
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| memberlist-proto | foca | serf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.0.0 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 49 | 12 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 93KB | 85KB | 41KB |
| Features | 21 | 5 | 25 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.81.0 | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •foca leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •memberlist-proto, serf are pre-1.0 — API may change.