Decision Workspace
rustcap vs pcap-sys vs libpcap-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
rustcap
growingv0.1.2
Wrapper for libpcap
41
pcap-sys
growingv0.1.3
Low-level bindings to libpcap
41
libpcap-rs
growingv0.2.1
Rust encapsulates the C language libpcap
Core Metrics
| rustcap | pcap-sys | libpcap-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 41 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 5.0K | 336.0K | 4.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 11.3K | 6 |
| Dependents | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2692d ago | 2692d ago | 722d ago |
| Age | 7y 4m | 7y 4m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
rustcap
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
pcap-sys
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
libpcap-rs
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rustcap | pcap-sys | libpcap-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 854KB | 33KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcap-sys leads with a health score of 41/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ rustcap, pcap-sys, libpcap-rs have not been updated in over a year.