Decision Workspace
mio-serial vs serial-io vs serialport
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
mio-serial
growingv5.0.6
A serial port implementation for mio
46
serial-io
growingv0.3.0
A serial port implementation
71
serialport
stablev4.9.0
A cross-platform low-level serial port library.
Core Metrics
| mio-serial | serial-io | serialport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 46 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 5.0M | 5.4K | 14.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 356.4K | 0 | 874.5K |
| Dependents | 66 | 0 | 2.7K |
| Releases | 27 | 4 | 37 |
| Last Updated | 510d ago | 1810d ago | 70d ago |
| Age | 9y 5m | 4y 11m | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
mio-serial
Maintenance
5
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
serial-io
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
serialport
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| mio-serial | serial-io | serialport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 5.0.6 | 0.3.0 | 4.9.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 19KB | 84KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 3.7% | 0.0% | 10.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.59.0 |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •serialport leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serialport is depended on by 2.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ mio-serial, serial-io have not been updated in over a year.
- •serial-io is pre-1.0 — API may change.