Decision Workspace
policyd-rate-limit vs indymilter vs milter-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
policyd-rate-limit
stablev1.1.1
Postfix rate limiter SMTP policy daemon
46
indymilter
growingv0.3.0
Asynchronous milter library
45
milter-sys
growingv0.2.3
Low-level FFI bindings to libmilter
Core Metrics
| policyd-rate-limit | indymilter | milter-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 46 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 4.3K | 25.6K | 22.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 396 | 117 |
| Dependents | 0 | 31 | 14 |
| Releases | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 48d ago | 753d ago | 1576d ago |
| Age | 6y 1m | 4y 5m | 6y 5m |
Health Breakdown
policyd-rate-limit
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
indymilter
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
milter-sys
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| policyd-rate-limit | indymilter | milter-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 | 0.3.0 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 41KB | 61KB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65.0 | 1.42.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •policyd-rate-limit leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •indymilter has the most downloads (25.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ indymilter, milter-sys have not been updated in over a year.
- •indymilter, milter-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.