Decision Workspace
thin-cell vs qcell vs rc-writer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
thin-cell
experimentalv0.2.0
A compact, single-threaded smart pointer combining reference counting and interior mutability
49
qcell
growingv0.5.5
Statically-checked alternatives to RefCell and RwLock
48
rc-writer
growingv1.1.10
A tiny implement for writing data to a reference counted instance.
Core Metrics
| thin-cell | qcell | rc-writer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 49 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 64.0K | 351.9K | 33.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 39.7K | 10.8K | 177 |
| Dependents | 5 | 48 | 7 |
| Releases | 4 | 15 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 21d ago | 191d ago | 1470d ago |
| Age | 2m | 7y | 7y 5m |
Health Breakdown
thin-cell
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
qcell
Maintenance
8
Quality
9
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
14
rc-writer
Maintenance
5
Quality
21
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| thin-cell | qcell | rc-writer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.5.5 | 1.1.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 40KB | 2KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 53.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •thin-cell leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •qcell has the most downloads (351.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rc-writer has not been updated in over a year.
- •thin-cell, qcell are pre-1.0 — API may change.