Decision Workspace
msgpass vs ferrompi vs precice
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
msgpass
growingv0.5.0
Thin wrapper to a Message Passing Interface (MPI)
62
ferrompi
experimentalv0.4.1
A safe, generic Rust wrapper for MPI with support for MPI 4.0+ features, shared memory windows, and hybrid MPI+OpenMP
57
precice
stablev3.4.0
Rust bindinds for precice
Core Metrics
| msgpass | ferrompi | precice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 62 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 8.8K | 1.3K | 6.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 756d ago | 7d ago | 53d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 4m | 3y 3m |
Health Breakdown
msgpass
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
ferrompi
Maintenance
22
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
precice
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| msgpass | ferrompi | precice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.4.1 | 3.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 317KB | 15KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ferrompi leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •msgpass has the most downloads (8.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ msgpass has not been updated in over a year.
- •msgpass, ferrompi are pre-1.0 — API may change.