Decision Workspace
rocket_ext vs rocket_cors vs http-cache-semantics
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
rocket_ext
experimentalv0.3.1
A Rocket extension for working with pre-flight requests and CORS headers.
44
rocket_cors
growingv0.6.0
Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) for Rocket.rs applications
72
http-cache-semantics
stablev3.0.0
RFC 7234. Parses HTTP headers to correctly compute cacheability of responses, even in complex cases
Core Metrics
| rocket_ext | rocket_cors | http-cache-semantics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 44 | 72 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 904.9K | 3.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 71.8K | 308.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 90 | 2.0K |
| Releases | 5 | 23 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 208d ago | 860d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 9m | 8y 8m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
rocket_ext
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rocket_cors
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
http-cache-semantics
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rocket_ext | rocket_cors | http-cache-semantics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.6.0 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 49KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 34.8% | 22.2% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.69 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •http-cache-semantics leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •http-cache-semantics is depended on by 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rocket_cors has not been updated in over a year.
- •rocket_ext, rocket_cors are pre-1.0 — API may change.