Decision Workspace
tracing-serde vs tracing-serde-structured vs opentelemetry-otlp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
tracing-serde
growingv0.2.0
A compatibility layer for serializing trace data with `serde`
46
tracing-serde-structured
growingv0.4.0
An alternative, structured, compatibility layer for serializing trace data with `serde`
76
opentelemetry-otlp
growingv0.31.1
Exporter for the OpenTelemetry Collector
Core Metrics
| tracing-serde | tracing-serde-structured | opentelemetry-otlp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 46 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 162.1M | 17.7K | 87.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 11.9M | 3.6K | 7.9M |
| Dependents | 695 | 21 | 7.6K |
| Releases | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 485d ago | 485d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 3y 9m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
tracing-serde
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
tracing-serde-structured
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
opentelemetry-otlp
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tracing-serde | tracing-serde-structured | opentelemetry-otlp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.31.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 10KB | 53KB |
| Features | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.63.0 | — | 1.75.0 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •opentelemetry-otlp leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tracing-serde has the most downloads (162.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •opentelemetry-otlp is depended on by 7.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tracing-serde, tracing-serde-structured have not been updated in over a year.