Decision Workspace
scanclient vs respdiff vs simple-waf-scanner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
scanclient
experimentalv0.2.0
High-performance, observable HTTP client for Santh security scanners
50
respdiff
experimentalv0.3.0
Trait-based differential response analysis and probe learning for HTTP scanning.
47
simple-waf-scanner
experimentalv0.1.6
Production-ready WAF scanner with OWASP Top 10:2025 Web & LLM support. 360+ payloads including LLM/GenAI testing (prompt injection, jailbreaks, system prompt leakage). HTTP/2, 11+ WAF fingerprints, 13 evasion techniques.
Core Metrics
| scanclient | respdiff | simple-waf-scanner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 50 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 4.7K | 2.7K | 95 |
| 30d Downloads | 4.7K | 2.7K | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 60d ago | 2d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
scanclient
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
respdiff
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
simple-waf-scanner
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| scanclient | respdiff | simple-waf-scanner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.1.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 29KB | 107KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •respdiff leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •scanclient has the most downloads (4.7K), suggesting wider adoption.