Decision Workspace
spacecell vs speedate vs hron
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
spacecell
experimentalv0.1.0
Datetime library with ISO8601/RFC3339 parsing, calendar arithmetic, and business day calculations
53
speedate
growingv0.17.0
Fast and simple datetime, date, time and duration parsing
61
hron
experimentalv1.0.0
Human-readable cron — scheduling expressions that are a superset of what cron can express
Core Metrics
| spacecell | speedate | hron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 53 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 15 | 4.3M | 939 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 454.2K | 546 |
| Dependents | 0 | 69 | 13 |
| Releases | 1 | 25 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 87d ago | 235d ago | 35d ago |
| Age | 2m | 3y 10m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
spacecell
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
speedate
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
hron
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| spacecell | speedate | hron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.17.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 40KB | 48KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | 1.93 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hron leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •speedate has the most downloads (4.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •spacecell, speedate are pre-1.0 — API may change.