Decision Workspace
quiche vs h3-quinn vs octets
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
62
quiche
growingv0.26.1
🥧 Savoury implementation of the QUIC transport protocol and HTTP/3
65
h3-quinn
growingv0.0.10
QUIC transport implementation based on Quinn.
64
octets
growingv0.3.5
Zero-copy abstraction for parsing and constructing network packets
Core Metrics
| quiche | h3-quinn | octets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 62 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7M | 1.5M | 2.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 200.9K | 140.5K | 199.4K |
| Dependents | 123 | 580 | 164 |
| Releases | 54 | 11 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 25d ago | 325d ago | 29d ago |
| Age | 7y 2m | 3y | 3y 11m |
Health Breakdown
quiche
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
h3-quinn
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
octets
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| quiche | h3-quinn | octets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.26.1 | 0.0.10 | 0.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 24 | 8 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 3.8MB | 12KB | 23KB |
| Features | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 5.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •h3-quinn leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •octets has the most downloads (2.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •h3-quinn is depended on by 580 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.