Decision Workspace
suave vs crosswin vs blocking
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
suave
growingv0.2.3
Multi-process communication utility library.
51
crosswin
experimentalv0.4.0
Async-friendly Windows primitives for Rust with process management, memory monitoring, and system operations.
66
blocking
growingv1.6.2
A thread pool for isolating blocking I/O in async programs
Core Metrics
| suave | crosswin | blocking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 51 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 12.3K | 90 | 134.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 7.8M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 908d ago | 96d ago | 324d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 5m | 6y 11m |
Health Breakdown
suave
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
crosswin
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
blocking
Maintenance
8
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| suave | crosswin | blocking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 0.4.0 | 1.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 40KB | 18KB |
| Features | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.73.0 | — | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •blocking leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •blocking is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ suave has not been updated in over a year.
- •suave, crosswin are pre-1.0 — API may change.