Decision Workspace
messages vs act_rs vs lifeline
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
messages
growingv0.3.1
Runtime-agnostic actor library.
49
act_rs
growingv0.4.0
Act.rs is a minimal actor framework.
48
lifeline
growingv0.6.1
Lifeline is a dependency injection library for asynchronous message-based applications.
Core Metrics
| messages | act_rs | lifeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 49 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 28.5K | 6.0K | 28.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 707 | 134 | 164 |
| Dependents | 1 | 5 | 71 |
| Releases | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 1526d ago | 231d ago | 1880d ago |
| Age | 5y 7m | 2y 8m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
messages
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
act_rs
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
lifeline
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| messages | act_rs | lifeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 14KB | 39KB |
| Features | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •act_rs leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lifeline has the most downloads (28.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ messages, lifeline have not been updated in over a year.