Decision Workspace
tower-cookies vs tower-sessions vs tower-sessions-ext
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
tower-cookies
growingv0.11.0
Cookie manager middleware for tower.
62
tower-sessions
growingv0.15.0
🥠Sessions as a `tower` and `axum` middleware.
61
tower-sessions-ext
growingv1.3.1
A maintained fork of tower-sessions-ext, providing session middleware for tower and axum.
Core Metrics
| tower-cookies | tower-sessions | tower-sessions-ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 62 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 3.0M | 2.1M | 4.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 246.6K | 153.4K | 446 |
| Dependents | 681 | 566 | 24 |
| Releases | 16 | 38 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 450d ago | 55d ago | 39d ago |
| Age | 4y 5m | 2y 6m | 9m |
Health Breakdown
tower-cookies
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
tower-sessions
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
tower-sessions-ext
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| tower-cookies | tower-sessions | tower-sessions-ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.0 | 0.15.0 | 1.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 26 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 36KB | 38KB |
| Features | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tower-sessions leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tower-cookies has the most downloads (3.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tower-cookies is depended on by 681 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠tower-cookies has not been updated in over a year.
- •tower-cookies, tower-sessions are pre-1.0 — API may change.