Decision Workspace
zgent vs claude-agent-sdk-rs vs pulsehive-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
zgent
experimentalv0.1.0
Zen Agent - A Rust SDK for building AI agents
59
claude-agent-sdk-rs
experimentalv0.6.4
Rust SDK for Claude Code CLI with bidirectional streaming, hooks, custom tools, and plugin support - 100% feature parity with Python SDK
58
pulsehive-core
experimentalv2.0.1
Core traits and types for PulseHive multi-agent SDK
Core Metrics
| zgent | claude-agent-sdk-rs | pulsehive-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 15 | 10.3K | 84 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 3.7K | 84 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| Releases | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 54d ago | 46d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 1m | 5m | 2d |
Health Breakdown
zgent
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
claude-agent-sdk-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
pulsehive-core
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| zgent | claude-agent-sdk-rs | pulsehive-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.4 | 2.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 281KB | 82KB | 37KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •claude-agent-sdk-rs leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •zgent, claude-agent-sdk-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.