Decision Workspace
venta vs pulsar vs async-nats
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
venta
growingv0.9.0
Reliable producer interface for Pulsar
69
pulsar
stablev6.7.1
Rust client for Apache Pulsar
68
async-nats
growingv0.46.0
A async Rust NATS client
Core Metrics
| venta | pulsar | async-nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 69 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 17.4K | 1.7M | 21.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 85.0K | 5.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 116 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 13 | 41 | 66 |
| Last Updated | 1460d ago | 15d ago | 66d ago |
| Age | 5y 4m | 7y 5m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
venta
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
pulsar
Maintenance
17
Quality
19
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
async-nats
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| venta | pulsar | async-nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 6.7.1 | 0.46.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 45 | 39 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 126KB | 442KB |
| Features | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.79.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pulsar leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-nats has the most downloads (21.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •async-nats is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ venta has not been updated in over a year.
- •venta, async-nats are pre-1.0 — API may change.