Decision Workspace
tokio vs tower vs madsim-tokio
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
74
tokio
stablev1.50.0
An event-driven, non-blocking I/O platform for writing asynchronous I/O backed applications.
65
tower
growingv0.5.3
Tower is a library of modular and reusable components for building robust clients and servers.
64
madsim-tokio
growingv0.2.30
The `tokio` simulator on madsim.
Core Metrics
| tokio | tower | madsim-tokio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 74 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 584.2M | 372.5M | 5.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 43.0M | 33.6M | 126.3K |
| Dependents | 599.9K | 42.8K | 696 |
| Releases | 181 | 26 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 24d ago | 74d ago | 539d ago |
| Age | 9y 9m | 9y 3m | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
tokio
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
tower
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
madsim-tokio
Maintenance
8
Quality
19
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tokio | tower | madsim-tokio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.50.0 | 0.5.3 | 0.2.30 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 34 | 24 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 878KB | 110KB | 4KB |
| Features | 16 | 19 | 24 |
| Yanked % | 2.8% | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71 | 1.64.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tokio leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokio is depended on by 599.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ madsim-tokio has not been updated in over a year.
- •tower, madsim-tokio are pre-1.0 — API may change.