Decision Workspace
notifier vs reactor vs polling
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
notifier
growingv0.1.3
A wrapper around platform event notification APIs that can also handle high-resolution timer events, including those set (on another thread) during a `notifier.wait()` call.
34
reactor
growingv0.1.4
A wrapper around mio which allows easily composable, but still fast, evented components
68
polling
growingv3.11.0
Portable interface to epoll, kqueue, event ports, and IOCP
Core Metrics
| notifier | reactor | polling | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 34 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 19.3K | 7.5K | 169.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 113 | 5 | 9.8M |
| Dependents | 13 | 0 | 880 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 47 |
| Last Updated | 2401d ago | 3757d ago | 194d ago |
| Age | 7y 7m | 10y 10m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
notifier
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
reactor
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
polling
Maintenance
11
Quality
18
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| notifier | reactor | polling | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.1.4 | 3.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 12KB | 59KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •polling leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •polling is depended on by 880 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ notifier, reactor have not been updated in over a year.
- •notifier, reactor are pre-1.0 — API may change.