Decision Workspace
windows-acl vs firehazard vs winsafe
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
windows-acl
growingv0.3.0
Rust crate to simplify Windows ACL operations
43
firehazard
growingv0.0.0-2022-09-10
Unopinionated low level API bindings focused on soundness, safety, and stronger types over raw FFI.
63
winsafe
growingv0.0.27
Windows API and GUI in safe, idiomatic Rust.
Core Metrics
| windows-acl | firehazard | winsafe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 43 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M | 5.4K | 31.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 34.4K | 21 | 3.1M |
| Dependents | 137 | 0 | 52 |
| Releases | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 1901d ago | 1293d ago | 85d ago |
| Age | 7y 7m | 3y 6m | 6y 5m |
Health Breakdown
windows-acl
Maintenance
3
Quality
12
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
firehazard
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
winsafe
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| windows-acl | firehazard | winsafe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.0.0-2022-09-10 | 0.0.27 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 607KB | 119KB | 596KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •winsafe leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •windows-acl is depended on by 137 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ windows-acl, firehazard have not been updated in over a year.