Decision Workspace
pow-buster vs lithium-cli vs scrypt-opt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
pow-buster
experimentalv0.2.0
SIMD accelerated solver for mCaptcha/Anubis/Cerberus/go-away/Cap.js PoW challenges, features comprehensive coverage for Anubis challenge workflow.
50
lithium-cli
experimentalv0.1.4
Lithium (LI) miner CLI for Bostrom blockchain
47
scrypt-opt
experimentalv0.3.2
A pure-rust optimized scrypt implementation for moderate to high difficulty cases, with AVX2 and AVX512 intrinsics cores and a portable-simd core.
Core Metrics
| pow-buster | lithium-cli | scrypt-opt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 50 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 93 | 80 | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 80 | 7 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 122d ago | 15d ago | 201d ago |
| Age | 4m | 16d | 7m |
Health Breakdown
pow-buster
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
lithium-cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
scrypt-opt
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| pow-buster | lithium-cli | scrypt-opt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.4 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 30 | 16 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 767KB | 52KB | 84KB |
| Features | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lithium-cli leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •scrypt-opt has the most downloads (1.4K), suggesting wider adoption.