Decision Workspace
xid vs ferroid vs acton-ern
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
xid
growingv1.1.1
Globally unique sortable id generator. A Rust port of https://github.com/rs/xid.
72
ferroid
growingv2.0.0
High-performance ULID and Snowflake-style IDs. Unique, monotonic, and lexicographically sortable IDs optimized for low-latency services and async workloads.
64
acton-ern
stablev2.0.0
A Rust library for handling Entity Resource Names (ERNs), providing type-safe, hierarchical, and k-sortable resource identifiers for distributed systems and more.
Core Metrics
| xid | ferroid | acton-ern | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 72 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 325.3K | 3.1M | 5.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 8.7K | 1.3M | 1.2K |
| Dependents | 240 | 51 | 44 |
| Releases | 8 | 55 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 703d ago | 6d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 5y 3m | 10m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
xid
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
ferroid
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
acton-ern
Maintenance
17
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| xid | ferroid | acton-ern | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 65KB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.1 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ferroid leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xid is depended on by 240 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ xid has not been updated in over a year.