Decision Workspace
wireguard vs netbird-embed vs qanah
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
wireguard
experimentalv0.2.0
The Rust wireguard reference implementation, converted into a usable library.
48
netbird-embed
experimentalv0.3.1
Rust bindings for NetBird's client/embed via Go C-shared FFI
42
qanah
experimentalv0.1.4
A WebRTC-based VPN that uses WireGuard configuration files, secured with ChaCha20-Poly1305 and X25519 key exchange
Core Metrics
| wireguard | netbird-embed | qanah | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 48 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 403 | 101 | 72 |
| 30d Downloads | 47 | 101 | 72 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 187d ago | 18d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 6m | 21d | 20d |
Health Breakdown
wireguard
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
netbird-embed
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
qanah
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| wireguard | netbird-embed | qanah | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 27 | 4 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 83KB | 48KB | 50KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •netbird-embed leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •wireguard has the most downloads (403), suggesting wider adoption.