Decision Workspace
watermelon-net vs async-nats vs nats
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
67
watermelon-net
growingv0.2.5
Low-level NATS Core network implementation
68
async-nats
growingv0.46.0
A async Rust NATS client
66
nats
growingv0.26.0
A Rust NATS client (deprecated — use async-nats instead)
Core Metrics
| watermelon-net | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 67 | 68 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 13.0K | 21.7M | 2.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 491 | 5.5M | 18.9K |
| Dependents | 19 | 1.9K | 326 |
| Releases | 8 | 66 | 74 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 66d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 5y 9m | 10y 6m |
Health Breakdown
watermelon-net
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
async-nats
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
nats
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| watermelon-net | async-nats | nats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 0.46.0 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 39 | 36 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 442KB | 235KB |
| Features | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | 1.79.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 2 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •async-nats leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •async-nats is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.