Decision Workspace
process_control vs kill_tree vs killport
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
process_control
growingv5.2.0
Ergonomically run processes with limits
49
kill_tree
growingv0.2.4
🌳 Kill Tree is a library designed to terminate a specified process and all its child processes recursively, operating independently of other commands like kill or taskkill.
56
killport
stablev2.0.0
A command-line tool to easily kill processes and containers running on a specified port.
Core Metrics
| process_control | kill_tree | killport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 49 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 923.1K | 312.1K | 98.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 27.3K | 36.3K | 1.2K |
| Dependents | 214 | 143 | 0 |
| Releases | 34 | 10 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 202d ago | 774d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 6y | 2y 1m | 3y |
Health Breakdown
process_control
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
kill_tree
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
killport
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| process_control | kill_tree | killport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 5.2.0 | 0.2.4 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 17KB | 47KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.83.0 | — | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •process_control leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •process_control is depended on by 214 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠kill_tree has not been updated in over a year.
- •kill_tree is pre-1.0 — API may change.