Decision Workspace
pcapture vs rtshark vs termshark
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
pcapture
experimentalv0.3.25
A Rust Library about Traffic Capture
63
rtshark
stablev4.2.1
A Rust interface for TShark
51
termshark
experimentalv0.1.4
🦈 WireShark in the terminal
Core Metrics
| pcapture | rtshark | termshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 63 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 10.4K | 63.7K | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 182 | 4.3K | 7 |
| Dependents | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| Releases | 39 | 22 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 38d ago | 163d ago |
| Age | 12m | 3y 10m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
pcapture
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
rtshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
termshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| pcapture | rtshark | termshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.25 | 4.2.1 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 345KB | 77KB | 37KB |
| Features | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rtshark leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pcapture, termshark are pre-1.0 — API may change.