Decision Workspace
timeslice vs apalis vs croner
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
timeslice
growingv0.7.0
Periodic time slice scheduler - For embedded systems
62
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
62
croner
growingv3.0.1
Fully-featured, lightweight, and efficient Rust library designed for parsing and evaluating cron patterns
Core Metrics
| timeslice | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 62 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 6.1K | 911.1K | 5.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 49.0K | 535.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 205 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 7 | 68 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 68d ago | 259d ago |
| Age | 2y 8m | 5y 2m | 2y 8m |
Health Breakdown
timeslice
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
apalis
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
croner
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| timeslice | apalis | croner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 0.7.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 21 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 43KB | 54KB |
| Features | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •croner has the most downloads (5.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •croner is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •timeslice, apalis are pre-1.0 — API may change.