Decision Workspace
r-extcap vs extcap vs rtshark
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
r-extcap
growingv0.2.5
Write Wireshark extcap programs in Rust
39
extcap
growingv0.4.0
Crate for writing extcap Wireshark plugins.
63
rtshark
stablev4.2.1
A Rust interface for TShark
Core Metrics
| r-extcap | extcap | rtshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 39 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 25.6K | 6.1K | 63.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 6 | 4.3K |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 474d ago | 1496d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 3y | 6y 2m | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
r-extcap
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
extcap
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
rtshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| r-extcap | extcap | rtshark | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 0.4.0 | 4.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 28KB | 77KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rtshark leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ r-extcap, extcap have not been updated in over a year.
- •r-extcap, extcap are pre-1.0 — API may change.