Decision Workspace
thingbuf vs gil vs nexus-queue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
thingbuf
growingv0.1.6
I'm at the buffer pool. I'm at the MPSC channel. I'm at the combination MPSC channel and buffer pool.
55
gil
experimentalv0.8.0
A collection of high-performance, lock-free concurrent queues (SPSC, MPSC, MPMC, SPMC) with sync and async support
53
nexus-queue
experimentalv1.2.0
High-performance lock-free SPSC and MPSC queues for low-latency systems
Core Metrics
| thingbuf | gil | nexus-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 55 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2M | 596 | 2.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 55.0K | 94 | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 263 | 0 | 12 |
| Releases | 7 | 18 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 708d ago | 16d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 4y | 3m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
thingbuf
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
gil
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
nexus-queue
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| thingbuf | gil | nexus-queue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.8.0 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 81KB | 70KB | 25KB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.57.0 | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gil leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •thingbuf has the most downloads (1.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •thingbuf is depended on by 263 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ thingbuf has not been updated in over a year.
- •thingbuf, gil are pre-1.0 — API may change.