Decision Workspace
rninja vs arborium-ninja vs crate2nix
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
rninja
experimentalv0.1.0
A drop-in replacement for Ninja with caching and improved scheduling
64
arborium-ninja
experimentalv2.16.0
Ninja grammar for arborium (tree-sitter bindings)
52
crate2nix
growingv0.15.0
crate2nix generates nix (as in NixOS) build files for rust using cargo.
Core Metrics
| rninja | arborium-ninja | crate2nix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 64 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 3.0K | 26.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 819 | 45 |
| Dependents | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 48 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 60d ago | 16d ago | 58d ago |
| Age | 2m | 3m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
rninja
Maintenance
9
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
arborium-ninja
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
crate2nix
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rninja | arborium-ninja | crate2nix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.16.0 | 0.15.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 35 | 5 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 130KB | 32KB | 82KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-ninja leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crate2nix has the most downloads (26.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rninja, crate2nix are pre-1.0 — API may change.