Decision Workspace
topcron vs apalis vs hron
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
topcron
growingv0.1.6
A Cron log parser and viewer
65
apalis
growingv0.7.4
Simple, extensible and multithreaded background task processing for Rust
64
hron
experimentalv1.0.0
Human-readable cron — scheduling expressions that are a superset of what cron can express
Core Metrics
| topcron | apalis | hron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 65 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2K | 784.8K | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 66.9K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 169 | 16 |
| Releases | 7 | 68 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 1083d ago | 19d ago | 94d ago |
| Age | 3y 11m | 5y | 3m |
Health Breakdown
topcron
Maintenance
4
Quality
8
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
apalis
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
hron
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| topcron | apalis | hron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.7.4 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 21 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 43KB | 48KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 28.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.93 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •apalis is depended on by 169 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ topcron has not been updated in over a year.
- •topcron, apalis are pre-1.0 — API may change.