Decision Workspace
smpsc vs async-sink vs tokio-bichannel
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
smpsc
experimentalv0.2.2
Wrappers for tokio's mpsc channels which implement Stream and Sink.
59
async-sink
experimentalv0.3.1
The asynchronous `Sink` trait for the tokio ecosystem.
44
tokio-bichannel
growingv1.0.2
Bidirectional tokio::sync::mpsc channel
Core Metrics
| smpsc | async-sink | tokio-bichannel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 59 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6K | 3.3K | 3.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 94 | 29 |
| Dependents | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 204d ago | 204d ago | 607d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6m | 1y 8m |
Health Breakdown
smpsc
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
14
async-sink
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
14
tokio-bichannel
Maintenance
5
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| smpsc | async-sink | tokio-bichannel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.3.1 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 19KB | 3KB |
| Features | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.40.0 | 1.40.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-sink leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokio-bichannel has the most downloads (3.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tokio-bichannel has not been updated in over a year.
- •smpsc, async-sink are pre-1.0 — API may change.