Decision Workspace
pandoras_pot vs actix-web vs rust-embed
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
pandoras_pot
growingv0.7.2
Honeypot designed to send huge amounts of data to rude web scrapers
76
actix-web
stablev4.14.0
Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust
73
rust-embed
stablev8.12.0
Rust Custom Derive Macro which loads files into the rust binary at compile time during release and loads the file from the fs during dev
Core Metrics
| pandoras_pot | actix-web | rust-embed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 76 | 73 |
| Total Downloads | 34.6K | 73.3M | 41.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.8M | 2.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 21.5K | 12.7K |
| Releases | 30 | 156 | 67 |
| Last Updated | 493d ago | 22d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 8y 8m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
pandoras_pot
Maintenance
8
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
actix-web
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
rust-embed
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| pandoras_pot | actix-web | rust-embed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.2 | 4.14.0 | 8.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 56 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 43KB | 274KB | 903KB |
| Features | 0 | 22 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 3.3% | 1.9% | 9.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.80.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •actix-web leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •actix-web is depended on by 21.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pandoras_pot has not been updated in over a year.
- •pandoras_pot is pre-1.0 — API may change.