Decision Workspace
rnotify vs notify-rust vs mac-notification-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
rnotify
growingv0.2.0
Rnotify allows sending informative messages to various destinations such as Discord, Telegram and Mail through the command line.
71
notify-rust
stablev4.12.0
Show desktop notifications (linux, bsd, mac). Pure Rust dbus client and server.
62
mac-notification-sys
growingv0.6.12
Thin wrapper around macOS Notifications.
Core Metrics
| rnotify | notify-rust | mac-notification-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 71 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 7.6K | 7.5M | 3.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 542.3K | 274.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.0K | 235 |
| Releases | 6 | 75 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 1129d ago | 54d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 10y 9m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
rnotify
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
notify-rust
Maintenance
16
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
mac-notification-sys
Maintenance
17
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rnotify | notify-rust | mac-notification-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 4.12.0 | 0.6.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 16 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 58KB | 62KB | 12KB |
| Features | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63.0 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •notify-rust leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •notify-rust is depended on by 3.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rnotify has not been updated in over a year.
- •rnotify, mac-notification-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.