Decision Workspace
tower-etag-cache vs tower vs actix-service
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
tower-etag-cache
growingv0.1.0
A tower middleware for implementing ETag-based HTTP caching
65
tower
growingv0.5.3
Tower is a library of modular and reusable components for building robust clients and servers.
65
actix-service
growingv2.0.3
Service trait and combinators for representing asynchronous request/response operations.
Core Metrics
| tower-etag-cache | tower | actix-service | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 65 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 372.5M | 59.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 33.6M | 3.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 42.8K | 2.3K |
| Releases | 1 | 26 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 902d ago | 74d ago | 383d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 9y 3m | 7y 3m |
Health Breakdown
tower-etag-cache
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tower
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
actix-service
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tower-etag-cache | tower | actix-service | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.5.3 | 2.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 14 | 24 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 110KB | 28KB |
| Features | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64.0 | 1.71.1 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tower leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tower is depended on by 42.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tower-etag-cache, actix-service have not been updated in over a year.
- •tower-etag-cache, tower are pre-1.0 — API may change.