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.
45
piano
experimentalv0.15.1
Automatic instrumentation-based profiler for Rust. Measures self-time, call counts, and heap allocations per function.
70
pyroscope
stablev2.1.0
Pyroscope Profiler Agent for continuous profiling of Rust, Python and Ruby applications.
Core Metrics
| vignette | piano | pyroscope | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 45 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 441 | 8.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 266.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 222 |
| Releases | 1 | 27 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 2138d ago | 62d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 5y 10m | 4m | 4y 6m |
Health Breakdown
vignette
Maintenance
1
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
piano
Maintenance
15
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
pyroscope
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| vignette | piano | pyroscope | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.15.1 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 19 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 307KB | 175KB | 77KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% |
| 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 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pyroscope is depended on by 222 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vignette has not been updated in over a year.
- •vignette, piano are pre-1.0 — API may change.