Decision Workspace
walloc vs malloc-info vs smmalloc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
walloc
growingv0.1.1
Malloc's Wario - allocates unusable, arbitrarily-sized blocks of memory on-command. Great for, uh, testing purposes?
52
malloc-info
growingv0.1.3
A safe wrapper around glibc's malloc_info
47
smmalloc
experimentalv7.6.4
smalloc is a simple, fast allocator
Core Metrics
| walloc | malloc-info | smmalloc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 52 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 42.2K | 689 |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 10.7K | 45 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 1146d ago | 123d ago | 40d ago |
| Age | 3y 1m | 1y 2m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
walloc
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
malloc-info
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
smmalloc
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| walloc | malloc-info | smmalloc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.3 | 7.6.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR TGPPL-1.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 12KB | 35KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •malloc-info leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ walloc has not been updated in over a year.
- •walloc, malloc-info are pre-1.0 — API may change.