Decision Workspace
signal-scan vs signal-child vs procfs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
signal-scan
experimentalv0.2.3
List POSIX signal information for all processes on Linux
55
signal-child
growingv1.0.6
A little library to easily signal other process with no dependencies
63
procfs
growingv0.18.0
Interface to the linux procfs pseudo-filesystem
Core Metrics
| signal-scan | signal-child | procfs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 55 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 3.0K | 85.2K | 51.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 1.5K | 3.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 31 | 3.1K |
| Releases | 5 | 7 | 51 |
| Last Updated | 325d ago | 573d ago | 210d ago |
| Age | 11m | 4y 9m | 7y 9m |
Health Breakdown
signal-scan
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
signal-child
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
procfs
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| signal-scan | signal-child | procfs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 1.0.6 | 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 | 5KB | 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
- •procfs leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •procfs is depended on by 3.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ signal-child has not been updated in over a year.
- •signal-scan, procfs are pre-1.0 — API may change.