Decision Workspace
th_pool vs fork_union vs tokio-rayon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
th_pool
growingv0.1.8
create thread pool
69
fork_union
growingv2.3.1
Low-latency OpenMP-style NUMA-aware cross-platform fine-grained parallelism library
58
tokio-rayon
growingv2.1.0
Mix async code with CPU-heavy thread pools using Tokio + Rayon
Core Metrics
| th_pool | fork_union | tokio-rayon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 69 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 10.7K | 14.7K | 7.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 13 | 1.3K | 1.4M |
| Dependents | 0 | 55 | 275 |
| Releases | 9 | 29 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1318d ago | 5d ago | 1817d ago |
| Age | 3y 9m | 10m | 4y 12m |
Health Breakdown
th_pool
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
fork_union
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
tokio-rayon
Maintenance
9
Quality
19
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| th_pool | fork_union | tokio-rayon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 | 2.3.1 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 98KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fork_union leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokio-rayon has the most downloads (7.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tokio-rayon is depended on by 275 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ th_pool, tokio-rayon have not been updated in over a year.
- •th_pool is pre-1.0 — API may change.