Decision Workspace
st3 vs rtrb vs crossbeam-queue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
st3
growingv0.4.1
A very fast lock-free, bounded, work-stealing LIFO queue.
61
rtrb
growingv0.3.3
A realtime-safe single-producer single-consumer ring buffer
60
crossbeam-queue
growingv0.3.12
Concurrent queues
Core Metrics
| st3 | rtrb | crossbeam-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 61 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 197.1K | 5.2M | 214.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 3.2K | 795.9K | 17.2M |
| Dependents | 116 | 532 | 3.8K |
| Releases | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 1206d ago | 31d ago | 467d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 5y 4m | 7y 6m |
Health Breakdown
st3
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
rtrb
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
crossbeam-queue
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| st3 | rtrb | crossbeam-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.3.3 | 0.3.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 38KB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.7% | 9.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | 1.38 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rtrb leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crossbeam-queue has the most downloads (214.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •crossbeam-queue is depended on by 3.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ st3, crossbeam-queue have not been updated in over a year.