Decision Workspace
rlnc vs rlnc-cat-rs vs fountain_engine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
rlnc
growingv0.8.7
Random Linear Network Coding
47
rlnc-cat-rs
experimentalv0.2.4
Random Linear Network Coding over GF(2^8), built on comp-cat-rs
54
fountain_engine
experimentalv1.3.2
Core algorithms for fountain code encoding and decoding
Core Metrics
| rlnc | rlnc-cat-rs | fountain_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 47 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 7.8K | 372 | 397 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Releases | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 271d ago | 85d ago | 24d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 3m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
rlnc
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
rlnc-cat-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
fountain_engine
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rlnc | rlnc-cat-rs | fountain_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.7 | 0.2.4 | 1.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 675KB | 78KB | 41KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.89.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •fountain_engine leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rlnc has the most downloads (7.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rlnc, rlnc-cat-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.