Decision Workspace
signal-child vs gracekill vs signal-scan
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
signal-child
growingv1.0.6
A little library to easily signal other process with no dependencies
48
gracekill
experimentalv0.1.2
A minimal utility to gracefully terminate processes with graceful escalation of SIGTERM to SIGKILL
43
signal-scan
experimentalv0.2.3
List POSIX signal information for all processes on Linux
Core Metrics
| signal-child | gracekill | signal-scan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 48 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 85.2K | 756 | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.5K | 5 | 8 |
| Dependents | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 573d ago | 53d ago | 325d ago |
| Age | 4y 9m | 7m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
signal-child
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
gracekill
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
signal-scan
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| signal-child | gracekill | signal-scan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.6 | 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 | 5KB | 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 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ signal-child has not been updated in over a year.
- •gracekill, signal-scan are pre-1.0 — API may change.