Decision Workspace
serial vs serialport vs serialport5
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
serial
growingv0.4.0
Rust library for accessing serial ports.
71
serialport
stablev4.9.0
A cross-platform low-level serial port library.
47
serialport5
growingv5.0.2
A cross-platform low-level serial port library
Core Metrics
| serial | serialport | serialport5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 71 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 6.6M | 14.2M | 14.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 510.4K | 874.5K | 2.2K |
| Dependents | 405 | 2.7K | 2 |
| Releases | 17 | 37 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 3218d ago | 70d ago | 822d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 9y 5m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
serial
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
serialport
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
serialport5
Maintenance
5
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| serial | serialport | serialport5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 4.9.0 | 5.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 21 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 84KB | 53KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 5.9% | 10.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.59.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •serialport leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •serialport is depended on by 2.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ serial, serialport5 have not been updated in over a year.
- •serial is pre-1.0 — API may change.