Decision Workspace
rudp vs kcp-rust vs kcp-io
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
24
rudp
growingv0.2.1
State-wrapper for UdpSockets to implement RUDP protocol. Allows per-message selection of message guarantees on a spectrum from UDP-like to TCP-like.
52
kcp-rust
experimentalv0.1.3
High performance pure safe-rust kcp implementation.
51
kcp-io
experimentalv0.0.4
A Rust wrapper for the KCP protocol — FFI bindings, safe API, and async tokio integration
Core Metrics
| rudp | kcp-rust | kcp-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 24 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 3.4K | 1.4K | 48 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 8 | 48 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2811d ago | 219d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 7m | 7d |
Health Breakdown
rudp
Maintenance
3
Quality
8
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
6
kcp-rust
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
kcp-io
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rudp | kcp-rust | kcp-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.1.3 | 0.0.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 9KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kcp-rust leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rudp has the most downloads (3.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rudp has not been updated in over a year.