Decision Workspace
playground-api vs hnews vs lambda_http
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
playground-api
experimentalv0.5.1
Simple API-binding for The Rust Playground
39
hnews
growingv0.4.1
Hacker News API, synchronous and lightweight, thanks to ureq and miniserde!
72
lambda_http
stablev1.1.2
Application Load Balancer and API Gateway event types for AWS Lambda
Core Metrics
| playground-api | hnews | lambda_http | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 39 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 8.8K | 15.0K | 5.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 55 | 16 | 297.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 697 |
| Releases | 21 | 12 | 45 |
| Last Updated | 69d ago | 1521d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 10m | 5y 2m | 7y 2m |
Health Breakdown
playground-api
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
hnews
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
lambda_http
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| playground-api | hnews | lambda_http | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.4.1 | 1.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 13KB | 42KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.84.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lambda_http leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lambda_http is depended on by 697 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hnews has not been updated in over a year.
- •playground-api, hnews are pre-1.0 — API may change.