Decision Workspace
recursive_scraper vs halo-spider vs spider
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
recursive_scraper
growingv0.6.2
Constant-frequency recursive CLI web scraper with frequency, filtering, file directory, and many other options for scraping HTML, images and other files.
43
halo-spider
experimentalv0.0.5
A fast, async web crawling framework inspired by Scrapy, built in Rust
75
spider
stablev2.48.8
A web crawler and scraper, building blocks for data curation workloads.
Core Metrics
| recursive_scraper | halo-spider | spider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 43 | 75 |
| Total Downloads | 10.8K | 55 | 2.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 55 | 15.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 5.0K |
| Releases | 9 | 5 | 1952 |
| Last Updated | 1089d ago | today | 2d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 9d | 8y 1m |
Health Breakdown
recursive_scraper
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
halo-spider
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
spider
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| recursive_scraper | halo-spider | spider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.2 | 0.0.5 | 2.48.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 17 | 80 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 121KB | 455KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 126 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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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.
- •⚠ recursive_scraper has not been updated in over a year.
- •recursive_scraper, halo-spider are pre-1.0 — API may change.