Decision Workspace
spawner vs easy-parallel vs thread-scoped
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
spawner
growingv0.3.2
Tiny wrapper for `thread::spawn` which optionally auto-joins threads on drop
60
easy-parallel
growingv3.3.1
Run closures in parallel
50
thread-scoped
growingv1.0.2
Unsafe and deprecated std::thread::scoped
Core Metrics
| spawner | easy-parallel | thread-scoped | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 60 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 9.2K | 1.4M | 2.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 52.6K | 120.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 332 | 52 |
| Releases | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 3353d ago | 914d ago | 3206d ago |
| Age | 10y 7m | 5y 10m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
spawner
Maintenance
2
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
easy-parallel
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
thread-scoped
Maintenance
2
Quality
21
Community
8
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| spawner | easy-parallel | thread-scoped | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 3.3.1 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 9KB | 4KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •easy-parallel leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •thread-scoped has the most downloads (2.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •easy-parallel is depended on by 332 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ spawner, easy-parallel, thread-scoped have not been updated in over a year.
- •spawner is pre-1.0 — API may change.