Decision Workspace
waitfor vs process_control vs standby
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
waitfor
growingv0.1.0
Retry a function until it succeeds, errors out, or a timeout/deadline is reached.
60
process_control
growingv5.2.0
Ergonomically run processes with limits
48
standby
experimentalv0.2.0
A world-class cross-platform time management tool for sleep, timeout, and wait operations with full POSIX compliance and GNU coreutils compatibility
Core Metrics
| waitfor | process_control | standby | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 60 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 94.6K | 923.1K | 77 |
| 30d Downloads | 111 | 26.5K | 5 |
| Dependents | 0 | 214 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 34 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2367d ago | 202d ago | 81d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 6y | 4m |
Health Breakdown
waitfor
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
process_control
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
standby
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| waitfor | process_control | standby | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 5.2.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 23KB | 33KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.83.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •process_control leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •process_control is depended on by 214 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ waitfor has not been updated in over a year.
- •waitfor, standby are pre-1.0 — API may change.