Decision Workspace
reactor vs polling vs async-io
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
reactor
growingv0.1.4
A wrapper around mio which allows easily composable, but still fast, evented components
68
polling
growingv3.11.0
Portable interface to epoll, kqueue, event ports, and IOCP
67
async-io
growingv2.6.0
Async I/O and timers
Core Metrics
| reactor | polling | async-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 68 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 7.5K | 169.4M | 153.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 10.1M | 9.2M |
| Dependents | 0 | 880 | 3.8K |
| Releases | 2 | 47 | 62 |
| Last Updated | 3757d ago | 194d ago | 194d ago |
| Age | 10y 10m | 5y 7m | 6y 10m |
Health Breakdown
reactor
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
polling
Maintenance
11
Quality
18
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
async-io
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| reactor | polling | async-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 3.11.0 | 2.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 59KB | 51KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •polling leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-io is depended on by 3.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ reactor has not been updated in over a year.
- •reactor is pre-1.0 — API may change.