Decision Workspace
queue vs circular-buffer vs ipc-queue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
queue
growingv0.3.1
Simple wrapper around Vec to provide a FIFO queue.
63
circular-buffer
growingv1.2.0
Efficient, fixed-size, overwriting circular buffer
59
ipc-queue
growingv0.5.0
An implementation of FIFO queue described in fortanix-sgx-abi used for asynchronous usercalls.
Core Metrics
| queue | circular-buffer | ipc-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 63 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 60.3K | 3.1M | 90.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.4K | 266.2K | 5.5K |
| Dependents | 37 | 207 | 12 |
| Releases | 6 | 13 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 2462d ago | 260d ago | 97d ago |
| Age | 9y 1m | 3y 3m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
queue
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
circular-buffer
Maintenance
10
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
ipc-queue
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| queue | circular-buffer | ipc-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.2.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 40KB | 15KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-buffer leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •circular-buffer is depended on by 207 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ queue has not been updated in over a year.
- •queue, ipc-queue are pre-1.0 — API may change.