Decision Workspace
nats-aflowt vs async-nats vs nats
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
nats-aflowt
growingv0.16.105
Unofficial port of NATS rust client to pure async
70
async-nats
growingv0.49.1
A async Rust NATS client
61
nats
growingv0.26.0
A Rust NATS client (deprecated — use async-nats instead)
Core Metrics
| nats-aflowt | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 70 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 14.5K | 43.3M | 2.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.0M | 7.5K |
| Dependents | 17 | 4.4K | 337 |
| Releases | 5 | 70 | 74 |
| Last Updated | 1610d ago | 39d ago | 116d ago |
| Age | 4y 6m | 6y | 10y 10m |
Health Breakdown
nats-aflowt
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
async-nats
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
nats
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| nats-aflowt | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.16.105 | 0.49.1 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 45 | 39 | 36 |
| Crate Size | 133KB | 372KB | 235KB |
| Features | 4 | 19 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-nats leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-nats is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ nats-aflowt has not been updated in over a year.