Decision Workspace
turbomcp-stdio vs pulseengine-mcp-transport vs fastmcp-transport
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
59
turbomcp-stdio
growingv3.1.5
Standard I/O transport implementation for TurboMCP - newline-delimited JSON over stdin/stdout
61
pulseengine-mcp-transport
growingv0.17.1
[DEPRECATED] Use rmcp instead. MCP transport layer.
59
fastmcp-transport
experimentalv0.3.2
Transport layer (stdio, SSE, WebSocket) for FastMCP
Core Metrics
| turbomcp-stdio | pulseengine-mcp-transport | fastmcp-transport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 59 | 61 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 8.7K | 12.1K | 2.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.1K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 29 | 45 | 24 |
| Releases | 29 | 28 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 55d ago | 106d ago | 25d ago |
| Age | 6m | 1y | 5m |
Health Breakdown
turbomcp-stdio
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
pulseengine-mcp-transport
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
fastmcp-transport
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| turbomcp-stdio | pulseengine-mcp-transport | fastmcp-transport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.5 | 0.17.1 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 61KB | 76KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.89.0 | 1.89 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pulseengine-mcp-transport leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pulseengine-mcp-transport, fastmcp-transport are pre-1.0 — API may change.