Decision Workspace
watermelon vs async-nats vs nats
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
62
watermelon
growingv0.4.5
High level actor based implementation NATS Core and NATS Jetstream client implementation
72
async-nats
growingv0.49.0
A async Rust NATS client
63
nats
growingv0.26.0
A Rust NATS client (deprecated — use async-nats instead)
Core Metrics
| watermelon | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 62 | 72 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 14.8K | 37.8M | 2.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 10.6M | 12.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.8K | 332 |
| Releases | 12 | 69 | 74 |
| Last Updated | 25d ago | today | 67d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 5y 11m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
watermelon
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
async-nats
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
nats
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| watermelon | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.5 | 0.49.0 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 20 | 39 | 36 |
| Crate Size | 51KB | 369KB | 235KB |
| Features | 11 | 19 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 2 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-nats leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-nats is depended on by 2.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.