Decision Workspace
tachyonix vs lochan vs kanal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
tachyonix
growingv0.3.1
A very fast asynchronous, multi-producer, single-consumer bounded channel.
59
lochan
experimentalv0.1.3
Single-threaded (!Send), no_std, no-atomics async channels for thread-per-core runtimes: mpsc, mpmc, and oneshot, with non-blocking (try_*) and awaitable APIs.
58
kanal
growingv0.1.1
The fast sync and async channel that Rust deserves
Core Metrics
| tachyonix | lochan | kanal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5M | 1.8K | 9.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 30.0K | 1.4K | 248.4K |
| Dependents | 257 | 1 | 976 |
| Releases | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 673d ago | 21d ago | 477d ago |
| Age | 3y 9m | 22d | 4y |
Health Breakdown
tachyonix
Maintenance
5
Quality
7
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
lochan
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
kanal
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| tachyonix | lochan | kanal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.1.3 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 68KB | 30KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.64 | 1.82 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lochan leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kanal has the most downloads (9.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kanal is depended on by 976 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tachyonix, kanal have not been updated in over a year.