Decision Workspace
tonic-iroh-transport vs turbomcp-grpc vs alternate-tonic-client
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
tonic-iroh-transport
experimentalv0.9.0
Transport layer for using tonic gRPC over iroh p2p connections
51
turbomcp-grpc
experimentalv3.0.10
gRPC transport for TurboMCP - high-performance MCP over HTTP/2
49
alternate-tonic-client
experimentalv0.1.3
An alternative gRPC client stack meant to be a replacement for tonic's built-in Channel.
Core Metrics
| tonic-iroh-transport | turbomcp-grpc | alternate-tonic-client | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 51 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 235 | 73 |
| 30d Downloads | 112 | 140 | 4 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 14 | 19 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 1d ago | 91d ago |
| Age | 9m | 2m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
tonic-iroh-transport
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
turbomcp-grpc
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
alternate-tonic-client
Maintenance
19
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tonic-iroh-transport | turbomcp-grpc | alternate-tonic-client | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 3.0.10 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 32 | 25 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 78KB | 36KB | 17KB |
| Features | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89.0 | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tonic-iroh-transport leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tonic-iroh-transport, alternate-tonic-client are pre-1.0 — API may change.