Decision Workspace
sendfile vs heph vs acty
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
sendfile
growingv0.3.0
Sendfile is a wrapper around the sendfile(2) system call.
39
heph
growingv0.4.0
Heph is an actor framework based on asynchronous functions.
53
acty
experimentalv1.0.1
A lightweight, async actor framework built on Tokio.
Core Metrics
| sendfile | heph | acty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 39 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 11.6K | 6.7K | 918 |
| 30d Downloads | 164 | 27 | 32 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 2418d ago | 1436d ago | 132d ago |
| Age | 10y 10m | 7y 3m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
sendfile
Maintenance
3
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
heph
Maintenance
4
Quality
10
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
acty
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| sendfile | heph | acty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.4.0 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 41KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 75.0% | 25.0% | 9.1% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •acty leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •sendfile has the most downloads (11.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ sendfile, heph have not been updated in over a year.
- •sendfile, heph are pre-1.0 — API may change.