Decision Workspace
subxt vs subxt-lightclient vs substrate-subxt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
71
subxt
growingv0.50.0
Submit extrinsics (transactions) to a substrate node via RPC
65
subxt-lightclient
growingv0.50.0
Light Client for chain interaction
51
substrate-subxt
growingv0.16.0
Deprecated: crate renamed to subxt.
Core Metrics
| subxt | subxt-lightclient | substrate-subxt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 71 | 65 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 5.3M | 4.9M | 49.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 375.0K | 370.0K | 727 |
| Dependents | 808 | 55 | 86 |
| Releases | 50 | 33 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 15d ago | 1515d ago |
| Age | 4y 4m | 2y 8m | 6y |
Health Breakdown
subxt
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
subxt-lightclient
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
substrate-subxt
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| subxt | subxt-lightclient | substrate-subxt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.50.0 | 0.50.0 | 0.16.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 33 | 19 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 181KB | 30KB | 13KB |
| Features | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 2.0% | 6.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •subxt leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •subxt is depended on by 808 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ substrate-subxt has not been updated in over a year.