Decision Workspace
pfctl vs crosswall vs pfnatd
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
pfctl
growingv0.7.0
Library for interfacing with the Packet Filter (PF) firewall on macOS
33
crosswall
experimentalv0.0.0
A cross-platform library to interact with native operating system firewalls
51
pfnatd
experimentalv1.0.0
Easy NAT mode for OpenBSD packet filter (pf)
Core Metrics
| pfctl | crosswall | pfnatd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 33 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 520.9K | 571 | 206 |
| 30d Downloads | 35.9K | 3 | 8 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 15 | 1 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 196d ago | 314d ago | 131d ago |
| Age | 8y 3m | 10m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
pfctl
Maintenance
9
Quality
10
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
crosswall
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
7
pfnatd
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| pfctl | crosswall | pfnatd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 0.0.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 54KB | 2KB | 37KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 6.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pfnatd leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pfctl has the most downloads (520.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •pfctl, crosswall are pre-1.0 — API may change.