Decision Workspace
walchan vs thingbuf vs conqueue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
walchan
experimentalv0.1.0
A persistent mpsc-like channel backed by a write-ahead log (WAL).
52
thingbuf
growingv0.1.6
I'm at the buffer pool. I'm at the MPSC channel. I'm at the combination MPSC channel and buffer pool.
40
conqueue
growingv0.4.0
Yet another multi-producer, single-consumer queue (MPSC)
Core Metrics
| walchan | thingbuf | conqueue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 52 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 21 | 1.2M | 176.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 53.3K | 3.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 263 | 1 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 103d ago | 708d ago | 1888d ago |
| Age | 3m | 4y | 6y 8m |
Health Breakdown
walchan
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
thingbuf
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
conqueue
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| walchan | thingbuf | conqueue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.6 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 81KB | 5KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.87.0 | 1.57.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •thingbuf leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •thingbuf is depended on by 263 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ thingbuf, conqueue have not been updated in over a year.