Decision Workspace
spmcq vs ipc-queue vs circular-buffer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
spmcq
growingv0.1.0
A Rust library for a thread-safe single-producer, multiple-consumer bounded ring buffer (FIFO queue)
62
ipc-queue
growingv0.5.0
An implementation of FIFO queue described in fortanix-sgx-abi used for asynchronous usercalls.
64
circular-buffer
growingv1.2.0
Efficient, fixed-size, overwriting circular buffer
Core Metrics
| spmcq | ipc-queue | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 62 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0K | 78.3K | 2.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 24 | 4.4K | 463.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 195 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 795d ago | 37d ago | 200d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 5y 6m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
spmcq
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
ipc-queue
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
circular-buffer
Maintenance
11
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| spmcq | ipc-queue | circular-buffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.5.0 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 15KB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •circular-buffer leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •circular-buffer is depended on by 195 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ spmcq has not been updated in over a year.
- •spmcq, ipc-queue are pre-1.0 — API may change.