Decision Workspace
waterworks vs pipex vs pipe-it
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
waterworks
growingv1.0.0
A small library for chaining together computation stage into a pipeline
47
pipex
experimentalv0.1.20
A powerful functional pipeline macro for Rust combining sync, async, parallel, and streaming operations with extensible error handling
47
pipe-it
experimentalv0.3.1
A lightweight, type-safe library for building linear and concurrent processing pipelines in Rust.
Core Metrics
| waterworks | pipex | pipe-it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 47 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 6.4K | 143 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 18 | 12 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 728d ago | 206d ago | 56d ago |
| Age | 1y 12m | 10m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
waterworks
Maintenance
1
Quality
20
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
pipex
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
pipe-it
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| waterworks | pipex | pipe-it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.1.20 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 33KB | 27KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.75 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pipex leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ waterworks has not been updated in over a year.
- •pipex, pipe-it are pre-1.0 — API may change.