Decision Workspace
uart vs ioports vs some-serial
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
uart
growingv3.0.1
A clean implementation of the UART_16550 device functionality.
41
ioports
growingv1.0.0
A simple library for interacting with IO ports on various platforms (currently, x86, x86_64, and RISCV64).
54
some-serial
experimentalv0.3.1
Unified serial driver collection for embedded and bare-metal environments
Core Metrics
| uart | ioports | some-serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 41 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2K | 816 | 3.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 30 | 18 | 2.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 279d ago | 308d ago | 139d ago |
| Age | 3y | 10m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
uart
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
ioports
Maintenance
3
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
some-serial
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| uart | ioports | some-serial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 4KB | 57KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 15.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •some-serial leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •uart has the most downloads (8.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •some-serial is pre-1.0 — API may change.