Decision Workspace
uart vs ioports vs some-serial
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
uart
stablev3.0.2
A clean implementation of the UART_16550 device functionality.
42
ioports
growingv1.0.0
A simple library for interacting with IO ports on various platforms (currently, x86, x86_64, and RISCV64).
64
some-serial
experimentalv0.4.1
Unified serial driver collection for embedded and bare-metal environments
Core Metrics
| uart | ioports | some-serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 42 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 8.3K | 852 | 26.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 12.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Releases | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 31d ago | 368d ago | 12d ago |
| Age | 3y 2m | 1y | 7m |
Health Breakdown
uart
Maintenance
16
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
ioports
Maintenance
2
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
some-serial
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
16
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| uart | ioports | some-serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.2 | 1.0.0 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 4KB | 35KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •some-serial leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ ioports has not been updated in over a year.
- •some-serial is pre-1.0 — API may change.