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reticulum vs reticulum-rs vs futuresdr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
Reticulum-rs is a Rust implementation of the Reticulum Network Stack - a cryptographic, decentralised, and resilient mesh networking protocol designed for communication over any physical layer. This project brings Reticulum's capabilities to the Rust ecosystem, enabling embedded, and constrained deployments with maximum performance and minimal dependencies.
Reticulum-rs is a Rust implementation of the Reticulum Network Stack - a cryptographic, decentralised, and resilient mesh networking protocol designed for communication over any physical layer. This project is open source and community-owned, focused on bringing Reticulum capabilities to the Rust ecosystem with clear APIs, reproducible behavior, and portable deployment options.
An Experimental Async SDR Runtime for Heterogeneous Architectures.
Core Metrics
| reticulum | reticulum-rs | futuresdr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 42 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 143 | 48.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 36 | 29 | 207 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 165d ago | 44d ago | 142d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 1m | 4y 8m |
Health Breakdown
Technical Details
| reticulum | reticulum-rs | futuresdr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.3 | 0.0.39 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 19 | 26 | 68 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 101KB | 185KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.75 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •futuresdr leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.