Decision Workspace
patrol vs inotify vs inotify-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
30
patrol
growingv0.3.0
File change notifier
67
inotify
growingv0.11.1
Idiomatic wrapper for inotify
46
inotify-sys
growingv0.1.5
inotify bindings for the Rust programming language
Core Metrics
| patrol | inotify | inotify-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 30 | 67 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 92.9M | 85.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 21 | 7.7M | 7.1M |
| Dependents | 3 | 695 | 28 |
| Releases | 1 | 44 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 3343d ago | 21d ago | 1896d ago |
| Age | 9y 1m | 11y 3m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
patrol
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
6
inotify
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
inotify-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| patrol | inotify | inotify-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | ISC | ISC |
| Dependencies | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 29KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •inotify leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •inotify is depended on by 695 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ patrol, inotify-sys have not been updated in over a year.