Decision Workspace
thread_binder vs fork_union vs rayon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
thread_binder
growingv0.1.0
Bind rayon pools to limit numa effects
69
fork_union
growingv2.3.1
Low-latency OpenMP-style NUMA-aware cross-platform fine-grained parallelism library
68
rayon
growingv1.11.0
Simple work-stealing parallelism for Rust
Core Metrics
| thread_binder | fork_union | rayon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 69 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 14.7K | 340.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 1.3K | 21.4M |
| Dependents | 1 | 55 | 105.0K |
| Releases | 1 | 29 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 2578d ago | 5d ago | 227d ago |
| Age | 7y | 10m | 10y 3m |
Health Breakdown
thread_binder
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
fork_union
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
rayon
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| thread_binder | fork_union | rayon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.3.1 | 1.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0/MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 98KB | 182KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64 | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fork_union leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rayon has the most downloads (340.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rayon is depended on by 105.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ thread_binder has not been updated in over a year.
- •thread_binder is pre-1.0 — API may change.