Decision Workspace
simple-counter vs caretta-id vs counter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
simple-counter
growingv0.1.0
Macro for generating thread-local static counters. Useful for basic ID generation.
58
caretta-id
experimentalv0.12.2
Renamed to grain-id — see https://crates.io/crates/grain-id
57
counter
growingv0.7.1
Simple package to count generic iterables
Core Metrics
| simple-counter | caretta-id | counter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 58 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 110.7K | 1.4K | 2.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 26.9K | 0 | 119.1K |
| Dependents | 32 | 21 | 438 |
| Releases | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 2870d ago | 59d ago | 62d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 6m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
simple-counter
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
caretta-id
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
counter
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| simple-counter | caretta-id | counter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.12.2 | 0.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 39KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caretta-id leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •counter has the most downloads (2.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •counter is depended on by 438 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ simple-counter has not been updated in over a year.