Decision Workspace
user-notify vs notify-rust vs notifrust
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
user-notify
experimentalv0.4.2
Show desktop notifications to end users on linux, macOS and windows.
71
notify-rust
stablev4.12.0
Show desktop notifications (linux, bsd, mac). Pure Rust dbus client and server.
40
notifrust
growingv3.5.0
A crate almost as good as notify-rust.
Core Metrics
| user-notify | notify-rust | notifrust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 71 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 746 | 7.5M | 2.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 324 | 558.0K | 17 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.0K | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 75 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 63d ago | 54d ago | 2714d ago |
| Age | 2m | 10y 9m | 7y 5m |
Health Breakdown
user-notify
Maintenance
10
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
notify-rust
Maintenance
16
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
notifrust
Maintenance
1
Quality
21
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| user-notify | notify-rust | notifrust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 4.12.0 | 3.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 22 | 16 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 62KB | 20KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.63.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •notify-rust leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •notify-rust is depended on by 3.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ notifrust has not been updated in over a year.
- •user-notify is pre-1.0 — API may change.