Decision Workspace
socks5-rs vs socks5-impl vs tokio-socks
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
socks5-rs
growingv1.0.0
A lightweight and fast socks5 server
56
socks5-impl
growingv0.8.1
Fundamental abstractions and async read / write functions for SOCKS5 protocol and Relatively low-level asynchronized SOCKS5 server implementation based on tokio
53
tokio-socks
growingv0.5.2
Asynchronous SOCKS proxy support for Rust.
Core Metrics
| socks5-rs | socks5-impl | tokio-socks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 56 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 9.1K | 264.0K | 16.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 19.4K | 634.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 151 | 735 |
| Releases | 7 | 55 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 352d ago | 44d ago | 608d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 3y 2m | 7y 1m |
Health Breakdown
socks5-rs
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
socks5-impl
Maintenance
16
Quality
10
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
tokio-socks
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| socks5-rs | socks5-impl | tokio-socks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 51KB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •socks5-impl leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokio-socks has the most downloads (16.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tokio-socks is depended on by 735 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tokio-socks has not been updated in over a year.
- •socks5-impl, tokio-socks are pre-1.0 — API may change.