Decision Workspace
recluse vs spider vs spider_mcp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
recluse
experimentalv0.1.1
A web crawler framework for Rust
75
spider
stablev2.48.8
A web crawler and scraper, building blocks for data curation workloads.
57
spider_mcp
experimentalv2.48.8
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing Spider web crawler capabilities as tools.
Core Metrics
| recluse | spider | spider_mcp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 75 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 794 | 2.0M | 53 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 15.9K | 53 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5.0K | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 1952 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 248d ago | 2d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 8m | 8y 1m | 2d |
Health Breakdown
recluse
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
spider
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
spider_mcp
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| recluse | spider | spider_mcp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 2.48.8 | 2.48.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT-0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 80 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 455KB | 41KB |
| Features | 4 | 126 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spider leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spider is depended on by 5.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •recluse is pre-1.0 — API may change.