Decision Workspace
simp_protocol vs some-serial vs slipmux
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
29
simp_protocol
growingv0.2.0
simp_protocol is a simplistic protocol to communicate over serial ports. It supports ack, automated escaping and unescaping of special bytes and checksum error detection.
54
some-serial
experimentalv0.3.1
Unified serial driver collection for embedded and bare-metal environments
51
slipmux
experimentalv0.4.0
Slipmux de- and encoding
Core Metrics
| simp_protocol | some-serial | slipmux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 3.0K | 3.7K | 2.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 2.5K | 53 |
| Dependents | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Releases | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 519d ago | 139d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 1y 7m | 5m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
simp_protocol
Maintenance
6
Quality
9
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
some-serial
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
slipmux
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| simp_protocol | some-serial | slipmux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 57KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 66.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •some-serial leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ simp_protocol has not been updated in over a year.