Decision Workspace
patron vs ureq vs minreq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
patron
growingv0.2.1
A wrapper around the hyper.rs library to allow for targeted clients to specific remote APIs. This library should be useful on it's own or as a building block for specific remote API wrappers.
74
ureq
stablev3.3.0
Simple, safe HTTP client
65
minreq
growingv2.14.1
Simple, minimal-dependency HTTP client
Core Metrics
| patron | ureq | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 74 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 5.1K | 107.4M | 4.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 10.2M | 367.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 17.6K | 1.6K |
| Releases | 3 | 112 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 3253d ago | 6d ago | 205d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 7y 9m | 8y |
Health Breakdown
patron
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
ureq
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
minreq
Maintenance
11
Quality
20
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| patron | ureq | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 3.3.0 | 2.14.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC |
| Dependencies | 6 | 28 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 148KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ureq leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ureq is depended on by 17.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ patron has not been updated in over a year.
- •patron is pre-1.0 — API may change.