Decision Workspace
tiffin vs ironbox vs pelagos
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
59
tiffin
growingv0.4.0
A minimal container runtime for Linux for setting up chroot-like environments
41
ironbox
experimentalv0.3.0
A native containerd shim OCI runtime built in Rust — no runc dependency
39
pelagos
experimentalv0.59.2
Fast Linux container runtime — OCI-compatible, namespaces, cgroups v2, seccomp, networking, image management
Core Metrics
| tiffin | ironbox | pelagos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 59 | 41 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 13.1K | 12 | 90 |
| 30d Downloads | 65 | 12 | 90 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 39d ago | 8d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 8d | 25d |
Health Breakdown
tiffin
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
ironbox
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
pelagos
Maintenance
14
Quality
5
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tiffin | ironbox | pelagos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.59.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 55KB | 536KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 28.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.76 |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tiffin leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.