Decision Workspace
wiretap vs pcap vs rpcap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
wiretap
growingv0.8.0
Basic packet capture library built on parallelism
67
pcap
stablev2.4.0
A packet capture API around pcap/wpcap
51
rpcap
growingv1.0.0
An all-Rust library for reading and writing PCAP files.
Core Metrics
| wiretap | pcap | rpcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 67 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 9.7K | 4.9M | 25.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 28 | 585.9K | 574 |
| Dependents | 0 | 572 | 37 |
| Releases | 11 | 45 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 22d ago | 121d ago | 1547d ago |
| Age | 2y 10m | 11y | 8y 8m |
Health Breakdown
wiretap
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
pcap
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rpcap
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| wiretap | pcap | rpcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 2.4.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 17 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 79KB | 11KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.80 | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcap leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pcap is depended on by 572 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rpcap has not been updated in over a year.
- •wiretap is pre-1.0 — API may change.