Decision Workspace
wire-codec vs apalis-codec vs turbomcp-wire
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
wire-codec
experimentalv1.0.0
Binary frame codec and protocol codec toolkit. Length-prefixed, delimiter-based, and custom framing strategies. Built-in varint, zigzag, bitfield, and packed struct encoding. Runtime-agnostic foundation under network-protocol crates.
66
apalis-codec
experimentalv0.1.0-rc.9
Codec utilities for using various serialization formats in apalis
62
turbomcp-wire
experimentalv3.1.5
Wire format codec abstraction for TurboMCP - JSON-RPC encoding/decoding
Core Metrics
| wire-codec | apalis-codec | turbomcp-wire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 66 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 51 | 48.5K | 562 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 18.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 70 | 29 |
| Releases | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 19d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 5d | 5m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
wire-codec
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
apalis-codec
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
turbomcp-wire
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| wire-codec | apalis-codec | turbomcp-wire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.1.0-rc.9 | 3.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 67KB | 6KB | 14KB |
| Features | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.75 | 1.85 | 1.89.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis-codec leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •apalis-codec is pre-1.0 — API may change.