Decision Workspace
rustdi vs async-nats vs nats
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
rustdi
experimentalv0.1.0
Modern WhatsApp Client Library for Rust
70
async-nats
growingv0.49.1
A async Rust NATS client
61
nats
growingv0.26.0
A Rust NATS client (deprecated — use async-nats instead)
Core Metrics
| rustdi | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 70 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 52 | 43.3M | 2.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 963.2K | 7.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.4K | 337 |
| Releases | 1 | 70 | 74 |
| Last Updated | 245d ago | 39d ago | 116d ago |
| Age | 8m | 6y | 10y 10m |
Health Breakdown
rustdi
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
async-nats
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
nats
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rustdi | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.49.1 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 21 | 39 | 36 |
| Crate Size | 80KB | 372KB | 235KB |
| Features | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-nats leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-nats is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.