Decision Workspace
natural-cron vs croner vs philiprehberger-cron-parser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
natural-cron
experimentalv0.0.2
An easy-to-use rust library for creating and validating cron expressions with natural, human-readable APIs.
62
croner
stablev3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
54
philiprehberger-cron-parser
experimentalv0.2.2
Cron expression parsing, scheduling, and human-readable descriptions
Core Metrics
| natural-cron | croner | philiprehberger-cron-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 62 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 4.0M | 109 |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 906.5K | 109 |
| Dependents | 0 | 482 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 29 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 334d ago | 151d ago | today |
| Age | 11m | 2y 4m | 12d |
Health Breakdown
natural-cron
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
croner
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
philiprehberger-cron-parser
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| natural-cron | croner | philiprehberger-cron-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 3.0.1 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 54KB | 13KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •croner leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner is depended on by 482 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •natural-cron, philiprehberger-cron-parser are pre-1.0 — API may change.