Decision Workspace
real vs ipware vs tower-real-ip
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
real
experimentalv0.1.4
A lightweight library for extracting the real client IP address from HTTP requests, supporting common forwarding headers such as X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For, with a fallback to the remote socket address.
42
ipware
growingv0.3.0
Http Header Client Ip Extraction Utility
38
tower-real-ip
experimentalv0.1.0
A production-ready Tower middleware for resolving the real client IP via trusted proxies.
Core Metrics
| real | ipware | tower-real-ip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 42 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 3.4K | 2.4K | 34 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.1K | 6 | 3 |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 204d ago | 235d ago | 91d ago |
| Age | 6m | 2y 11m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
real
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
ipware
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tower-real-ip
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| real | ipware | tower-real-ip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT or Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 11KB | 17KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ipware leads with a health score of 42/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •real has the most downloads (3.4K), suggesting wider adoption.