Decision Workspace
zerodds-monitor vs zerodds-observability-otlp vs zlayer-observability
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
zerodds-monitor
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.5
Observability substrate for ZeroDDS (zerodds-monitor-1.1): metric registry (Counter/Gauge/Histogram) + Prometheus text exporter + W3C trace-context PID + standard span schema.
59
zerodds-observability-otlp
experimentalv1.0.0-rc.5
OTLP/HTTP/JSON exporter for ZeroDDS telemetry (zerodds-observability-otlp-1.0): /v1/traces + /v1/metrics + /v1/logs without prost/tonic/hyper.
57
zlayer-observability
experimentalv0.14.3
OpenTelemetry tracing and Prometheus metrics for ZLayer
Core Metrics
| zerodds-monitor | zerodds-observability-otlp | zlayer-observability | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 438 | 1.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 79 | 35 | 41 |
| Releases | 5 | 5 | 66 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 5d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
zerodds-monitor
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
zerodds-observability-otlp
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
zlayer-observability
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| zerodds-monitor | zerodds-observability-otlp | zlayer-observability | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-rc.5 | 1.0.0-rc.5 | 0.14.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 9KB | 45KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zerodds-monitor leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •zlayer-observability has the most downloads (1.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •zlayer-observability is pre-1.0 — API may change.