Decision Workspace
tower-kafka vs tokio-tower vs rustfs-kafka-async
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
tower-kafka
growingv0.0.2
Tower service for Apache Kafka
53
tokio-tower
growingv0.6.0
Bridging the protocol gap between Tokio and Tower
49
rustfs-kafka-async
experimentalv1.2.0
Async Kafka client built on tokio
Core Metrics
| tower-kafka | tokio-tower | rustfs-kafka-async | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 53 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 4.8M | 14.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 204.4K | 6.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 255 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 19 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1268d ago | 1217d ago | 81d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 8y 10m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
tower-kafka
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
tokio-tower
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
rustfs-kafka-async
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tower-kafka | tokio-tower | rustfs-kafka-async | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 0.6.0 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 16 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 17KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.93.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tokio-tower leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokio-tower is depended on by 255 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tower-kafka, tokio-tower have not been updated in over a year.
- •tower-kafka, tokio-tower are pre-1.0 — API may change.