Decision Workspace
waves-rust vs snarkvm vs snarkvm-utilities
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
waves-rust
growingv0.2.6
A Rust library for interacting with the Waves blockchain. Supports node interaction, offline transaction signing and creating addresses and keys.
73
snarkvm
stablev4.6.0
A decentralized virtual machine
70
snarkvm-utilities
stablev4.6.0
Utilities for a decentralized virtual machine
Core Metrics
| waves-rust | snarkvm | snarkvm-utilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 73 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 10.0K | 741.8K | 876.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 26 | 8.1K | 10.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.1K | 1.8K |
| Releases | 8 | 119 | 119 |
| Last Updated | 525d ago | today | today |
| Age | 3y 6m | 6y 2m | 5y 2m |
Health Breakdown
waves-rust
Maintenance
5
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
snarkvm
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
snarkvm-utilities
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| waves-rust | snarkvm | snarkvm-utilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 105KB | 58KB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.56 | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •snarkvm leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •snarkvm-utilities has the most downloads (876.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •snarkvm-utilities is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ waves-rust has not been updated in over a year.
- •waves-rust is pre-1.0 — API may change.