Decision Workspace
snow-plow vs flake-watcher vs nix-nar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
snow-plow
growingv0.1.1
Snow Plow is an utility which allows to update several flakes with one command, in order to improve sharing of dependencies on your computer.
41
flake-watcher
growingv0.1.1
A simple tool to watch for changes in a nix flake and run a command when it changes
57
nix-nar
growingv0.3.1
Library to manipulate Nix Archive (nar) files
Core Metrics
| snow-plow | flake-watcher | nix-nar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 41 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 2.7K | 508.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 5 | 116.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Releases | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 457d ago | 1166d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 3y 2m | 3y 11m |
Health Breakdown
snow-plow
Maintenance
6
Quality
8
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
flake-watcher
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
nix-nar
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| snow-plow | flake-watcher | nix-nar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Dependencies | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 9KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •nix-nar leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nix-nar is depended on by 118 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ snow-plow, flake-watcher have not been updated in over a year.