Decision Workspace
vignette vs piano vs pyroscope
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
29
vignette
growingv0.1.0
A sampling profiler as a library. Particularly oriented towards shipping software where symbols need to be hydrated later.
48
piano
experimentalv0.15.1
Automatic instrumentation-based profiler for Rust. Measures self-time, call counts, and heap allocations per function.
71
pyroscope
stablev2.0.4
Pyroscope Profiler Agent for continuous profiling of Rust, Python and Ruby applications.
Core Metrics
| vignette | piano | pyroscope | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 48 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 381 | 7.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 482.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| Releases | 1 | 27 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 2090d ago | 14d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 3m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
vignette
Maintenance
1
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
piano
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
pyroscope
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| vignette | piano | pyroscope | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.15.1 | 2.0.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 19 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 307KB | 175KB | 63KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.5% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.66 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 5 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •pyroscope leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pyroscope is depended on by 213 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vignette has not been updated in over a year.
- •vignette, piano are pre-1.0 — API may change.