Decision Workspace
update-available vs update-informer vs tiny-update-check
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
update-available
growingv0.2.0
A library to check for updates of a crate on crates.io, GitHub or Gitea.
61
update-informer
growingv1.3.0
Easily implement update checks for your application
61
tiny-update-check
experimentalv1.1.3
A minimal, lightweight crate update checker for Rust CLI applications
Core Metrics
| update-available | update-informer | tiny-update-check | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 61 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0K | 2.0M | 4.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 53.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 1.1K | 25 |
| Releases | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 370d ago | 367d ago | 83d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 4y 6m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
update-available
Maintenance
7
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
update-informer
Maintenance
5
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
tiny-update-check
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| update-available | update-informer | tiny-update-check | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.3.0 | 1.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 29KB | 94KB |
| Features | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 75.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •update-informer leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •update-informer is depended on by 1.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ update-available, update-informer have not been updated in over a year.
- •update-available is pre-1.0 — API may change.