Decision Workspace
spider-middleware vs spider-lib vs spider-pipeline
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
spider-middleware
experimentalv0.3.8
Middleware implementations for the spider-lib web scraping framework.
52
spider-lib
experimentalv3.0.4
A Rust-based web scraping framework inspired by Scrapy (Python).
51
spider-pipeline
experimentalv0.3.9
Pipeline implementations for the spider-lib web scraping framework.
Core Metrics
| spider-middleware | spider-lib | spider-pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 305 | 303 | 346 |
| 30d Downloads | 194 | 133 | 211 |
| Dependents | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| Releases | 15 | 22 | 18 |
| Last Updated | today | today | today |
| Age | 1m | 2m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
spider-middleware
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
spider-lib
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
spider-pipeline
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| spider-middleware | spider-lib | spider-pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.8 | 3.0.4 | 0.3.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 22 | 10 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 43KB | 615KB | 30KB |
| Features | 8 | 16 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spider-lib leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spider-pipeline has the most downloads (346), suggesting wider adoption.
- •spider-middleware, spider-pipeline are pre-1.0 — API may change.