Decision Workspace
mhdb vs rocksdb vs pg-embed
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
mhdb
growingv1.0.3
Pure rust embeddable key-value store database.
65
rocksdb
growingv0.24.0
Rust wrapper for Facebook's RocksDB embeddable database
64
pg-embed
stablev1.0.0
Run a Postgresql database locally on Linux, MacOS or Windows as part of another Rust application or test.
Core Metrics
| mhdb | rocksdb | pg-embed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 5.7K | 42.5M | 184.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 2.4M | 7.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.8K | 64 |
| Releases | 4 | 57 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 2105d ago | 229d ago | 31d ago |
| Age | 5y 9m | 11y 4m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
mhdb
Maintenance
9
Quality
22
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
rocksdb
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
pg-embed
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| mhdb | rocksdb | pg-embed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 | 0.24.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 165KB | 272KB |
| Features | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rocksdb leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rocksdb is depended on by 4.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ mhdb has not been updated in over a year.
- •rocksdb is pre-1.0 — API may change.