Decision Workspace
virtio-drivers vs vhost vs vhost-user-backend
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
virtio-drivers
growingv0.13.0
VirtIO guest drivers.
70
vhost
growingv0.16.0
a pure rust library for vdpa, vhost and vhost-user
63
vhost-user-backend
growingv0.22.0
A framework to build vhost-user backend service daemon
Core Metrics
| virtio-drivers | vhost | vhost-user-backend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 70 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 218.9K | 2.5M | 1.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 11.2K | 197.8K | 56.3K |
| Dependents | 130 | 136 | 50 |
| Releases | 18 | 19 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 24d ago | 2d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 4y 7m | 4y 3m |
Health Breakdown
virtio-drivers
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
vhost
Maintenance
21
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
vhost-user-backend
Maintenance
20
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| virtio-drivers | vhost | vhost-user-backend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 0.16.0 | 0.22.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 96KB | 219KB | 36KB |
| Features | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 8 (team) | 8 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •vhost leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •vhost is depended on by 136 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.