Decision Workspace
signal-child vs gracekill vs signal-scan
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
64
signal-child
stablev1.0.7
A little library to easily signal other process with no dependencies
44
gracekill
experimentalv0.1.2
A minimal utility to gracefully terminate processes with graceful escalation of SIGTERM to SIGKILL
43
signal-scan
growingv0.2.3
List POSIX signal information for all processes on Linux
Core Metrics
| signal-child | gracekill | signal-scan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 64 | 44 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 102.5K | 767 | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 801 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 79d ago | 161d ago | 433d ago |
| Age | 5y 1m | 11m | 1y 2m |
Health Breakdown
signal-child
Maintenance
12
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
gracekill
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
signal-scan
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| signal-child | gracekill | signal-scan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.7 | 0.1.2 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 5KB | 569KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •signal-child leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ signal-scan has not been updated in over a year.
- •gracekill, signal-scan are pre-1.0 — API may change.