Decision Workspace
signal-scan vs signal-child vs procfs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
signal-scan
growingv0.2.3
List POSIX signal information for all processes on Linux
64
signal-child
stablev1.0.7
A little library to easily signal other process with no dependencies
61
procfs
growingv0.18.0
Interface to the linux procfs pseudo-filesystem
Core Metrics
| signal-scan | signal-child | procfs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 64 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 3.0K | 102.5K | 67.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 801 | 2.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 47 | 3.7K |
| Releases | 5 | 8 | 51 |
| Last Updated | 433d ago | 79d ago | 318d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 5y 1m | 8y |
Health Breakdown
signal-scan
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
signal-child
Maintenance
12
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
procfs
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| signal-scan | signal-child | procfs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 1.0.7 | 0.18.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 569KB | 6KB | 74KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 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.
- •procfs has the most downloads (67.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •procfs is depended on by 3.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ signal-scan has not been updated in over a year.
- •signal-scan, procfs are pre-1.0 — API may change.