Decision Workspace
petgraph-live vs kglite vs graph_builder
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
petgraph-live
experimentalv0.4.0
Generic generation-keyed graph cache, disk snapshot, and graph algorithms for petgraph 0.8
56
kglite
experimentalv0.13.2
Pure-Rust knowledge graph engine — Cypher pipeline, snapshot/working CoW transactions, columnar/mmap/disk storage backends, optional dataset loaders (SEC EDGAR, Sodir, Wikidata). PyO3 wrappers live in the sibling kglite-py crate (the Python wheel); embeddable directly from any Rust binary without PyO3 in the dep tree.
55
graph_builder
growingv0.4.2
A building block for high-performant graph algorithms.
Core Metrics
| petgraph-live | kglite | graph_builder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 56 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 643 | 1.7K | 91.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 711 | 3.1K |
| Dependents | 2 | 175 | 32 |
| Releases | 5 | 62 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | today | 33d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 4y 6m |
Health Breakdown
petgraph-live
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
kglite
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
graph_builder
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| petgraph-live | kglite | graph_builder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.13.2 | 0.4.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 54 | 30 |
| Crate Size | 76KB | 1.6MB | 75KB |
| Features | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95 | — | 1.86 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kglite leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •graph_builder has the most downloads (91.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kglite is depended on by 175 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.