Decision Workspace
stunclient vs rift-nat vs pfnatd
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
stunclient
growingv0.4.2
Simple STUN client for resolving external IP address and port of a UDP socket
52
rift-nat
experimentalv0.1.4
NAT traversal, STUN, and TURN support for Rift P2P
51
pfnatd
experimentalv1.0.0
Easy NAT mode for OpenBSD packet filter (pf)
Core Metrics
| stunclient | rift-nat | pfnatd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3M | 183 | 206 |
| 30d Downloads | 164.3K | 74 | 8 |
| Dependents | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 108d ago | 45d ago | 131d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 1m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
stunclient
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
rift-nat
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
pfnatd
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| stunclient | rift-nat | pfnatd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 0.1.4 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 20KB | 37KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rift-nat leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •stunclient has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •stunclient, rift-nat are pre-1.0 — API may change.