Decision Workspace
mspacman vs alpm-utils vs alpm-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mspacman
growingv0.8.2
pacman package dependency viewer
66
alpm-utils
stablev5.0.0
Helper functions for working with alpm
65
alpm-sys
stablev5.0.1
Raw bindings for libalpm
Core Metrics
| mspacman | alpm-utils | alpm-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 66 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 4.1K | 1.3M | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 26 | 40.6K | 45.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 113 | 84 |
| Releases | 9 | 24 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 105d ago | 78d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 6y 6m | 9y 1m |
Health Breakdown
mspacman
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
alpm-utils
Maintenance
13
Quality
22
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
alpm-sys
Maintenance
14
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mspacman | alpm-utils | alpm-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.2 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 190KB | 8KB | 2.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •alpm-utils leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •alpm-sys has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •alpm-utils is depended on by 113 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mspacman is pre-1.0 — API may change.