Decision Workspace
spider vs spider_mcp vs halo-spider
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
75
spider
stablev2.48.8
A web crawler and scraper, building blocks for data curation workloads.
57
spider_mcp
experimentalv2.48.8
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing Spider web crawler capabilities as tools.
43
halo-spider
experimentalv0.0.5
A fast, async web crawling framework inspired by Scrapy, built in Rust
Core Metrics
| spider | spider_mcp | halo-spider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 75 | 57 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0M | 53 | 55 |
| 30d Downloads | 15.9K | 53 | 55 |
| Dependents | 5.0K | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1952 | 5 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 2d ago | today |
| Age | 8y 1m | 2d | 9d |
Health Breakdown
spider
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
spider_mcp
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
halo-spider
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| spider | spider_mcp | halo-spider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.48.8 | 2.48.8 | 0.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 80 | 11 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 455KB | 41KB | 121KB |
| Features | 126 | 9 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spider leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spider is depended on by 5.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •halo-spider is pre-1.0 — API may change.