Decision Workspace
watchso vs hot-restart vs cargo-rerun
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
watchso
growingv0.1.0
Hot reload Solana programs
59
hot-restart
experimentalv0.6.15
A Rust library for hot restarting applications without downtime. Provides seamless process replacement for servers and long-running services, enabling zero-downtime updates and configuration reloads.
43
cargo-rerun
experimentalv2.1.0
A tool that runs cargo run and automatically restarts when watched files change
Core Metrics
| watchso | hot-restart | cargo-rerun | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 59 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 11.4K | 59 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 708 | 9 |
| Dependents | 0 | 244 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 34 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1111d ago | 24d ago | 64d ago |
| Age | 3y | 10m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
watchso
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
hot-restart
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
cargo-rerun
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| watchso | hot-restart | cargo-rerun | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.15 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 14 | 1 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 6KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hot-restart leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hot-restart is depended on by 244 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ watchso has not been updated in over a year.
- •watchso, hot-restart are pre-1.0 — API may change.