Decision Workspace
mtorrent-dht vs mainline vs dht
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
mtorrent-dht
experimentalv0.4.3
Asynchronous implementation of Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for the BitTorrent protocol
68
mainline
stablev6.1.1
Simple, robust, BitTorrent's Mainline DHT implementation
55
dht
growingv6.4.0
Simple, robust, BitTorrent's Mainline DHT implementation
Core Metrics
| mtorrent-dht | mainline | dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 68 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 235.6K | 2.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 155 | 29.3K | 69 |
| Dependents | 20 | 264 | 4 |
| Releases | 12 | 39 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 50d ago | 29d ago |
| Age | 6m | 2y 6m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
mtorrent-dht
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mainline
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
dht
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mtorrent-dht | mainline | dht | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.3 | 6.1.1 | 6.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 25 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 76KB | 82KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mainline leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mainline is depended on by 264 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mtorrent-dht is pre-1.0 — API may change.