Decision Workspace
rlibpcap vs wiretap vs pcap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
rlibpcap
experimentalv0.1.1
PCAP library for rust
53
wiretap
growingv0.8.0
Basic packet capture library built on parallelism
67
pcap
stablev2.4.0
A packet capture API around pcap/wpcap
Core Metrics
| rlibpcap | wiretap | pcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 53 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 879 | 9.7K | 4.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 28 | 561.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 572 |
| Releases | 2 | 11 | 45 |
| Last Updated | 275d ago | 22d ago | 121d ago |
| Age | 9m | 2y 10m | 11y |
Health Breakdown
rlibpcap
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
wiretap
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
pcap
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rlibpcap | wiretap | pcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.8.0 | 2.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 9KB | 79KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.80 | 1.64 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcap leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pcap is depended on by 572 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rlibpcap, wiretap are pre-1.0 — API may change.