Decision Workspace
rawsock vs pcap vs wiretap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
rawsock
growingv0.3.0
Library for receiving and sending raw packets. While most crate wrap just one library, rawsock allows you to use pcap, wpcap, npcap and pf_ring (pfring) using a consistent API for all of them.
67
pcap
stablev2.4.0
A packet capture API around pcap/wpcap
53
wiretap
growingv0.8.0
Basic packet capture library built on parallelism
Core Metrics
| rawsock | pcap | wiretap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 67 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 11.1K | 4.9M | 9.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 127 | 561.9K | 28 |
| Dependents | 0 | 572 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 45 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 2420d ago | 121d ago | 22d ago |
| Age | 6y 8m | 11y | 2y 10m |
Health Breakdown
rawsock
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
pcap
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
wiretap
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rawsock | pcap | wiretap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 2.4.0 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 79KB | 9KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64 | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcap leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pcap is depended on by 572 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rawsock has not been updated in over a year.
- •rawsock, wiretap are pre-1.0 — API may change.