Decision Workspace
vigil vs potassium vs pinboard
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
vigil
growingv0.2.1
Provides a liveness checking watchdog for detecting deadlocks/livelocks/starvation etc.
50
potassium
experimentalv0.4.3
A lean and mean job scheduler
49
pinboard
growingv2.2.0
A lock-free, threadsafe way to publish data, just stick it on the pinboard
Core Metrics
| vigil | potassium | pinboard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 50 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 19.9K | 220 | 125.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 398 | 32 | 618 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Releases | 3 | 13 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 1163d ago | 22d ago | 1075d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 3m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
vigil
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
potassium
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
pinboard
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| vigil | potassium | pinboard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.4.3 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0/MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 28KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •potassium leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pinboard has the most downloads (125.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ vigil, pinboard have not been updated in over a year.
- •vigil, potassium are pre-1.0 — API may change.