Decision Workspace
pkger vs rfpm vs signal-child
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
31
pkger
growingv0.0.4
Building tool inspired by fpm-builder
45
rfpm
experimentalv0.2.1
Build deb, rpm, and Arch Linux packages from Rust
66
signal-child
stablev1.0.7
A little library to easily signal other process with no dependencies
Core Metrics
| pkger | rfpm | signal-child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 31 | 45 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 6.6K | 147 | 99.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 12.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 2332d ago | 4d ago | 31d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 1m | 4y 11m |
Health Breakdown
pkger
Maintenance
3
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
rfpm
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
signal-child
Maintenance
14
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pkger | rfpm | signal-child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.4 | 0.2.1 | 1.0.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 9.1MB | 34KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •signal-child leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ pkger has not been updated in over a year.
- •pkger, rfpm are pre-1.0 — API may change.