Decision Workspace
newsfresh vs mcp-news vs gdelt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
newsfresh
experimentalv0.1.0-beta.2
CLI and library for querying, filtering, and analyzing GDELT Global Knowledge Graph (GKG) v2.1 data — the world's largest open news event dataset
50
mcp-news
experimentalv1.5.1
Global news intelligence MCP server — real-time articles, trending topics, sentiment via GDELT (free) and NewsAPI
38
gdelt
experimentalv0.1.0
CLI for GDELT Project - optimized for agentic usage with local data caching
Core Metrics
| newsfresh | mcp-news | gdelt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 50 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 36 | 147 | 71 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 145d ago | 48d ago | 114d ago |
| Age | 4m | 1m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
newsfresh
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
mcp-news
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
gdelt
Maintenance
7
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| newsfresh | mcp-news | gdelt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-beta.2 | 1.5.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| Crate Size | 68KB | 24KB | 133KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mcp-news leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •newsfresh, gdelt are pre-1.0 — API may change.