Decision Workspace
serial-rs vs serialport_low_latency vs virtual-serialport
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
serial-rs
growingv0.2.1
A cross-platform rust serial RS232 library with overlap IO support
46
serialport_low_latency
growingv0.1.2
Enable or disable low latency mode for serial ports on Linux.
41
virtual-serialport
growingv0.1.3
Simulates serial ports for testing. Designed to work with the `serialport` crate for virtual serial communication.
Core Metrics
| serial-rs | serialport_low_latency | virtual-serialport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 46 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 4.9K | 7.6K | 4.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 463 | 88 |
| Dependents | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Releases | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 983d ago | 331d ago | 537d ago |
| Age | 2y 8m | 2y 9m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
serial-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
serialport_low_latency
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
virtual-serialport
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| serial-rs | serialport_low_latency | virtual-serialport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 7KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.59.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •serialport_low_latency leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ serial-rs, virtual-serialport have not been updated in over a year.