Decision Workspace
message-channel vs fibre vs ubq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
message-channel
growingv0.0.1
A simple thread-safe message channel implementation
59
fibre
growingv0.6.2
High-performance, safe, memory-efficient sync/async channels built for real-time, low-overhead communication in concurrent Rust applications.
52
ubq
experimentalv4.0.0
Lock-free unbounded MPMC queue backed by a linked ring of fixed-size blocks.
Core Metrics
| message-channel | fibre | ubq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 59 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 11.4K | 26.4K | 123 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 50 | 60 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 607d ago | 3d ago | 68d ago |
| Age | 1y 8m | 1y 1m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
message-channel
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
fibre
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
ubq
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| message-channel | fibre | ubq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 0.6.2 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 252KB | 87KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fibre leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ message-channel has not been updated in over a year.
- •message-channel, fibre are pre-1.0 — API may change.