Decision Workspace
termshark vs rtshark vs pcapture
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
termshark
experimentalv0.1.4
🦈 WireShark in the terminal
63
rtshark
stablev4.2.1
A Rust interface for TShark
58
pcapture
experimentalv0.3.25
A Rust Library about Traffic Capture
Core Metrics
| termshark | rtshark | pcapture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 63 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 63.7K | 10.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 4.3K | 182 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Releases | 5 | 22 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 163d ago | 38d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 5m | 3y 10m | 12m |
Health Breakdown
termshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rtshark
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
pcapture
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| termshark | rtshark | pcapture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 4.2.1 | 0.3.25 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 37KB | 77KB | 345KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rtshark leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •termshark, pcapture are pre-1.0 — API may change.